The Major

Crime & Punishment

In mid-December I was helping the lovely Stephanie with her Christmas shopping. That “help” consisted of following her as she wandered through posh boutiques and carrying the packages containing her purchases. She dawdled in a jewelry store, spent a good deal of time telling me how much she liked a particular diamond brooch, and then left without buying it or looking at anything else. The very next day I cleverly bought the thing, had it wrapped in gold-colored paper and surprised her with it on Christmas Day. It was all part of my master plan designed to culminate in the early hours of the New Year. Then disaster struck.

The lovely Stephanie invited me to a very private, invitation-only, New Year’s Eve party thrown by one of her Main Line friends.

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