CHAPTER 26
‘Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell rock.’
Reuben stood in the corner in his dinner suit, listening to the six-piece band pumping out the irritatingly catchy tune. Pushing its way through the crowd towards him was a huge gift-wrapped box. Lucy’s head and bare shoulders protruded above it and her bare legs poked out from underneath. She was carrying the present and as she came closer it appeared that behind it she was wearing nothing at all. She smiled and held the present out towards Reuben. Tingling with anticipation he reached out to take it, but it vanished before him.
He opened his eyes and sat up. He was clutching the sheet between his fingers as if it were the Holy Grail. The strains of ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ floated into the bedroom from the living room. He groaned and
