Blink Story Studios giving story a voice. The Christmas Leftovers by Daniel Voitech.
He was on the corner of thirty fourth trying not to stick out. I
stepped into the gray slush and slipped a cuff on him. He lay a
finger aside his nose and started to rise into the air, taking me with
him. They never go easy. I slipped a lump of coal in his
pocket. We came down. Look, pal, Christmas is over, package
is all delivered. He wants you back. No, I'm my own person
now. I want to live them. Yeah, yeah, that's what they
all say. Move some they're slipperier than others, but I get them all.
The boss grinned and absorbed the doppelganger m