SEDUCTION OF SANTA By Emma Calin Seduction of SantaChapter 1 Christmas? Who needed Christmas, for Christ’s sake? Wasn’t life difficult enough already? Police Constable 866L, Paula Middleton, cruised the early evening streets of Brixton, South London, noting the houses with fairy lights and flashing neon reindeer in the front windows. The big bizz machine of buy, buy, buy had been at full power since Halloween. This year she just hadn’t been able to capture the mood. She swung the Ford Focus into the shadowy yard of Meadowchef Foods, a big wholesale supplier to cafés and restaurants. Trucks queued to load and unload at the line of warehouse doors. Mixed with the diesel smoke, flecks of icy sleet showed up in the headlamps. That’s all she needed. Her assignment was routine. The manager w

