The Homeless Santa

The Homeless Santa Chapter Three: The Shelter.

"Yesterday?" Desire questioned with some shock, as she sat back down on the couch (having sat up and begun to pace while talking with Erica)

"Yeah, yesterday...and not in his "Santa" persona either." Erica's voice was heard on the other side of the phone, as Desire appeared shocked before she shook her head as she added.

"W-What happened? what did you say to him? did he speak to you?"

"No, see look here's the story..." Erica began, as Desire shook her head listening in."I was dropping off some food at a homeless shelter...it's something I normally do every Christmastime, as kind of a way to give back you know?... when I arrived there...I took notice into something I thought looked kind of familiar so I looked over, and that's when it hit me exactly who the guy was..."

"The homeless Santa guy?" Desire asked.

"Mm-hmm, I only seen him without his Santa outfit on for a brief time and I know it may sound crazy you know cause I haven't seen him in like ..three years, but when I looked over I could SWEAR it was him ... "

"What was he doing?" Desire asked.

"He was sitting at a table in the shelter talking with some other homeless person... they seemed like they were sharing their stories or something ... the other guy was talking about his family and how he misses them, I guess he had moved far far away from them or something as a way to sort of pursue some kind of dream he had... but then it blew up in his face, and he ended up broke and homeless... he hasn't spoken to his family in a long time, and the homeless Santa guy was encouraging him to speak with them again to try and find some way to get in touch with them, but then things got weird." Erica's voice was heard, as Desire tilted her head with some confusion.

"Weird, how?"

"...The guy asked the homeless Santa about his family ... he mentioned having a sister...but then it seemed to get quiet between the two ... the other guy asked him about his sister and the homeless Santa said that he and his sister were very close growing up, she was the older one and he was the youngest..so she often sort of bossed him around and he was annoyed at it growing up, but when he got up older he began to realize that she was only trying to protect him ..." Erica said.

"Protect him?" Desire questioned.

"....When the other guy questioned about that, the homeless Santa guy seemed to ignore the question...and so he shifted and asked if the Santa guy talked to his sister anymore...he said no.." Erica explained,

"Then what?..did the other guy question him about it?" Desire asked.