A Christmas to Kill For: A Short Story

by Nadija Mujagic

A strange feeling settles in the pit of her stomach. Christmas is here, but sure doesn’t feel like it. Gavin is gone. A stranger is taking a bath in her tub. What’s next?

Maybe this is what the spirit of Christmas is supposed to be. And yet, something inside her twists, like an inner warning bell she’s trying hard to ignore.