3 Madness in Christmas River by Meg Muldoon

Author:Meg Muldoon [Muldoon, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vacant Lot Publishing
Published: 2013-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

“You’re what?”

I sucked in freezing air. My lungs burned as I tried to get enough breath to speak.

“I’m… walking over… to,” I said, struggling to push it out. “Daniel’s house.”

“Cinnamon, have you gone and lost your damn mind?” Kara said from the other side of the phone. “You’ll freeze your ass off out there!”

“Well, you saw me in that wedding dress. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing,” I said, stopping and leaning forward to catch my breath.

I had waited out the snow, getting a later start than I had wanted to. Several inches of fresh powder had fallen. It was beautiful, but it sure made it hard to walk. With each step, I’d take an enormous plunge.

But, it was most certainly safer than driving these roads.

I had considered strapping on my snowshoes before leaving the house, but felt silly about it. Now, I was regretting it.

“I’m pretty sure Daniel would be plum-mad if he knew his bride-to-be was walking to his house in the worst weather Christmas River has seen in five years.”

“Aw, it’s not so bad out here,” I said.

“You’re nuts, Cin,” she said.

“I know,” I said. “But I’m glad to hear that you and John are all right with this blackout.”

The power was still out in Christmas River on account of some downed power lines. I was headed to Daniel’s house just to check in and make sure everything was okay over there.

“Well, I wouldn’t say I’m all right,” Kara said. “You know who is here, and she won’t stop complaining about how the cold makes her hips ache. I swear Cinnamon, if she doesn’t shut-up soon, she’s going to have a lot more aches to complain about.”

I started laughing.

“Anyway, I just hope this blackout doesn’t last too long. This is one of my best sales weeks of the year.”

“Yeah, I know what you mean,” I said. “I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.”

I heard the sound of car wheels a ways off down the street. I started walking again. I was beat, but had too much of an ego to show it to whoever was driving the car.

“What in the hell is so urgent over at Daniel’s house anyway?” she asked.

“I…” I said, struggling for air again as I lifted my right leg out a hole the size of Crater Lake. “I wanted to check in… you know, with the power being out and everything.”

“Have the two of you decided where you’re going to live yet?”

I felt my stomach tighten.

“Well, uh…” I said, pausing and breathing in deep.

Just then, I noticed that the car that had been down the street was slowing, coming up right alongside of me.

“Okay, okay,” Kara said. “Let’s talk when you can actually breathe. Call me when you get there to let me know you’re all right?”

“Yeah, will do,” I squeezed out.

I glanced over at the car. I squinted, trying to make out who was sitting in the driver’s seat.

“Be careful, Cin.”

“Okay I wi—”

I stopped mid-sentence as I recognized the driver.

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