Lead in for Six Sentence Sunday for Chasing Miss Kringle (wk 6)

For Six Sentence Sunday, I'm sharing an excerpt
from my story 'Chasing Miss Kringle' (found within Evernight Publishing's
holiday anthology – Stockings & Suspenders) over the course of six weeks.
1 of 6:
     "You're the only one left, Jack."
     Victor's request had to be some kind
of joke. Yet the rigid set of his wide shoulders and straight face told me
otherwise. Disbelieving what I'd just