Always Mine

★Marilee ★ I closed the restaurant every holiday so my employees could be with their families. Every holiday I ate alone. Not this year. An idea came to me. I wanted a delicious Christmas meal and some conversation, too. So, I sent an e-vite to our newsletter subscribers, explaining that I was hosting a Lonely Hearts Christmas Dinner. But I messed up, forgetting to limit the number of guests. Of course, I didn't expect more than a handful of people to be interested. When I discovered my mis...