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A Game Grumps Christmas by Julie Lynn Hayes

The halls were decked, the mistletoe hung, the Christmas tree fabulous with sparkling ornaments and glittering tinsel, and yet the Hanson-Avidan household wasn’t exactly stuffed with good will to men. Danny sighed for the thousandth time. He paused in curling a bright gold bow to go on another present for his spouse, Arin. This would be their first Christmas as a married couple, although they’d celebrated many such occasions together in the past as single friends. Danny had had such high hopes for this holiday, but Arin was throwing up his yearly fuss. And what was the cause of such perturbation on the part of one half of the popular Youtubers, the Game Grumps?  What else – Jingle Grumps, of course.

It’s not that Arin had no desire to play the Christmas-oriented games

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #96 (20.5) by Julie Lynn Hayes

“You want to talk to me about your engagement? How sweet.” His eyebrows raised in an affectation of surprise even as he glanced back and forth between us. “So, I take it you’d like some advice? Color schemes? Menu choices? What font to use on your invitations? Ask away. Mayvbe you’d like me to give the bride away?” This was said with a wink at me.

As if.

Ethan’s response was to laugh, a deep, rich sound that showed me he wasn’t in the least intimidated by this lowlife scum sitting before us. I wish I could have said the same.

“If we wanted or needed that

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #93 (20.1) by Julie Lynn Hayes

The Clay County Detention Center/ was a more imposing structure than I had imagined it would be for such a small town. It probably housed inmates from many areas of northern Florida, I surmised. We’d received instructions from Anderson on what was expected of us, and left everything inside the vehicle, including our weapons. Neither Ethan nor I cared for that idea, but we had no choice. The rules applied to law enforcement visitors as well as others. I supposed it would be different if we were dropping off or picking up. But as Chip was already there, and I had no intention of taking him with us (the very thought made me shudder), we followed their instructions before we made our approach to the edifice.

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #92 (20.1) by Julie Lynn Hayes

Chip, aka the Florida Mangler, was being held in the Clay County Jail, in Green Cove Springs, Florida. His trial hadn’t happened yet, which was why he wasn’t in prison, and he was being held without bail, so I knew he wasn’t getting out any time soon. Under Florida law, a judge had the right to rule that a particularly violent crime warranted withholding bail, deeming that person to be a threat to society. Considering what Chip was accused of, that decision seemed to be a no-brainer.

Normally, according to what the website for the jail said, visitation had to be scheduled 24 hours in advance. But Anderson was able to get that formality waived for us—don’t ask me how,

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #92 (20.1) by Julie Lynn Hayes

Chip, aka the Florida Mangler, was being held in the Clay County Jail, in Green Cove Springs, Florida. His trial hadn’t happened yet, which was why he wasn’t in prison, and he was being held without bail, so I knew he wasn’t getting out any time soon. Under Florida law, a judge had the right to rule that a particularly violent crime warranted withholding bail, deeming that person to be a threat to society. Considering what Chip was accused of, that decision seemed to be a no-brainer.

Normally, according to what the website for the jail said,

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Bad Karma and the Family Plan #91 (19.3) by Julie Lynn Hayes

 “I’m sorry, baby, I’m sorry,” Ethan murmured in a continuous stream, his breath warm in my ear, his strong arms like a lifeline I could not seem to let go of had I even wanted to, while I continued to sob my heart out. I was angry, and I was frightened, and even a little guilty for yelling at Ethan when I knew everything he did was in my best interest. Our best interest.

“You know I wouldn’t put you through this unless I thought it was absolutely necessary. We can’t go on with this hanging over our heads. It needs to stop. Now.” His hands stroked my back in soothing circles while I worked at evening out my breathing.

Suddenly aware we were

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