Christmas in The Sisters

Madison’s eyes widened. “There’s a Black Friday special for shoe inserts?”

“Oh, yes. Smart retailers know to spread the specials throughout the store, not just on popular Christmas gifts. In fact, that’s part of my strategy. You see—”

Breaking in, Madison said, “I’d really like to hear more about the incident you mentioned.”

“Oh, yes. Well, I knew the inserts would be going on sale, and glory be, Larry wears the most popular size. They’re often out of stock, so the day before, I hid two packages of inserts behind the Kotex display. I put them in the very back, so that unless there was a sudden epidemic of menstrual flooding, the display would stay full and keep the inserts hidden. What I didn’t know was that they would have a Black Friday special on feminine napkins.” She rolled her eyes in frustration.

“Just as I rolled up to the Kotex display, I see Georgia Dewberry there.”

“You mean Susan Dewberry?”

“No, her sister-in-law, Georgia. The one with four teenage daughters. I don’t have to tell you, she was stocking up on those napkins, left and right. Glory be, she cleaned that shelf off all the way to the back, and there my inserts were, bare to the world! Just as I stepped up to get them, her mother spotted them and made a grab for them. I did feel kind of bad, almost knocking the older woman down, but those were my inserts! I’m putting them in Larry’s stocking. Georgia jumped all down my throat, her little boy started crying, and before long, here came Susan, still mad about the Puff-a-Luff incident. No telling what might have happened next, but I yelled out that I had found Princess Mia dolls over on the Kotex aisle, and soon the place was swarming with shoppers. I slipped away and went to find the toothpaste I had hidden in the Ben Gay display.”

Left speechless, Madison could only say, “I see.”