A Knight Before Christmas by Alicia Dean

Author:Alicia Dean [Dean, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-21T23:14:02.156000+00:00

A Knight Before Christmas

by Alicia Dean

"Right." She stepped around him, and he snatched the

remaining photo albums from the shelf.

They returned to the living room in silence. Louisa had

maneuvered onto the couch, and they sat on either side of

her as she thumbed through the albums.

Many of the photos included Heath, and Nicolette once

more became aware of how close he and Rudy were, of how

wrong it seemed to want Heath now.

Louisa pointed at a photo of the two boys in swimming

trunks, holding Popsicles that melted and dripped over their

thin chests. Nicolette laughed, but it died in her throat as she

caught Heath's gaze over Louisa's head. His smile was maybe

an eight on the Richter scale, but his laugh...the flash of

white teeth, crinkles at the corners of those spectacular

eyes...the rich sound that rumbled from his chest. That was

totally off the scale and it made her job of resisting Heath

King even tougher.

She forced her gaze away from him and back to the

albums. After several more minutes and several more photos,

they'd finally reached the end.

Louisa closed the last album and looked at Heath, then

sighed. "I miss my son, but somehow knowing you're around,

Heath, taking care of my Nicolette, makes me miss him not

quite as much."

They said goodbye to Louisa, after she extracted a promise

from them to visit again soon.

In addition to his disturbing attraction to Nicolette, a sense

of sadness and nostalgia stayed with Heath as they drove

away. He and Rudy had shared a lot of good times at that

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