She planned to leave work earlier than this, but as the office manager, she felt she should be the one to stay late on Christmas Eve. She needed to make sure everything was done before the long weekend. There was still more than enough time to drive to her mom and dad’s for dinner. She was looking forward to everything but the questions from her father regarding her missing date. Why did all her sisters have to be married? Not just married, but to nice guys. Josiane wondered if maybe the reason she couldn’t find a great man is they took them all. The ones left were shallow, self-centered, one -date men. When she’d told her dad she was bringing someone to dinner, it opened the flood gates to questions. She’d purposely left the identity of her mystery man vague. From the beginning she’d worried Kevin would bail. She thought he might be a safe bet, but she hadn’t factored in all his friends. She guessed one of those friends called and offered him a more exciting evening than sitting around the tree with her family.
