He looked around taking in all the decorations and saw the elves all huddled around in a corner talking to each other. Elves fall in line, NOW. Gretch...n yelled. Five female elves lined up. Names, NOW, Left to Right! She yelled like some kind of oppressive leader. Laura, Michelle, Audrey, Delilah, Holly. The girls called out looking straight ahead. This is Santa, you shall address him as such, or suffer the ramifications for not following my orders. Is that clear?! she called hitting her. "Louise is Joyce's sister, Jim is Louise's husband, Jim, Junior theirteenager, and Phil and Janet are our children."Surely not," I said, trying to keep calm. It is not every day that yourfamily is under threat of murder, even if the threat seems remote."Don't be flip. He means it. Burt was practically crying."As well he might. Fontina had a well-established reputation for killing.Including, and this was a sobering memory, killing the whole families ofa few people! I had better look those cases. And the moment finally came.. one day while chatting:S: you must be thinking na that I shouldn’t be talking to you like this about my life and problems.Me: why would I think like that yar?S: I am married na..Me: So what, it’s not a crime to discuss such issues with a friend. And by the way, you would not have discussed all this with me if you had an understanding husband!!S: hmm.. Thanks for understanding me.Me: Pls don’t thank me. it feels bad!! you know what??Me: accha leave it..S: what. Nimmy : “Whats the matter Jerry, u look tensed. Is everything ok?”.Me : “No mam. Things are not ok. We have a problem here. You know Neha right?? “.Nimmy : ” Yeah. That lean girl from 3rd year. Whats up?? Dont tell me that your madly n love with her ok. ( she started giggling and gave a wink ).Me : Can we be a little more serious on this mam?? I said there s a problem which is Neha meeting with an accident a few hours before on her way to college.Nimmy : My God!!!! Am sorry. I mean.. where.