A Very English Christmas by Keira Andrews

Author:Keira Andrews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, M/M, Amish, Romance
ISBN: 9781988260112
Publisher: Keira Andrews
Published: 2022-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

From the corner of his eye, David saw Anna poking her head into the workshop. He waved before pulling out his earplugs and tapping Isaac, who was bent over a long board, sticking out his tongue in concentration as he measured the marks for cutting.

Isaac straightened up and pulled out his earbuds. “Hey, Anna.”

She grimaced as she came into the concrete rectangle and shut the door behind her. “Wow. Is it always this loud?”

David nodded grimly. “It’s gotten worse and worse.” His neighbor’s music thump, thump, thumped through the wall and seemed to reverberate in the air like a living creature. Most of the other garages down the alley stored cars, but he had the terrible luck to be next to a man who repaired engines to the so-called tune of the loudest music David had ever heard. He’d asked many times to have it turned down, and the next day it was inevitably shaking the foundation again.

“It wouldn’t be so bad if it was pretty,” Isaac said. “I thought songs were supposed to have melodies and stuff.” He picked up his phone. “I’ve got some great songs on here I can listen to, at least. I try to drown it out.”

David wished he could, but it drove him just as crazy blasting music in his ears, so he stuck with the earplugs. Even with the orange foam squeezed into his ears, he could feel the heavy beat of the music and hear it faintly.

Anna put her hands in the pockets of her red raincoat. “Well, I hope you can find somewhere else to work soon.” She scuffed the toe of her sneaker on the concrete, pushing sawdust back and forth. “So…”

David cringed. “What? I know that tone. What did you do?”

“Nothing!” Her cheeks pinked up. “I swear. But I have a favor to ask. Of both of you.”

David and Isaac shared a glance. “Okay.” David waited, his muscles rigid.

“Well, I was thinking maybe you could take a couple hours off and we could go shopping? There’s a mall we can take the bus to. I need your help finding gifts for Aaron and Jen.” She raised her hands. “I know, I know, we’re not supposed to be spending our money on gifts, but I want to get you all a little something and wrap up the boxes with sparkly paper and put them under the tree on Christmas. And I know you both got me something even though we said no gifts.”

David and Isaac shared another glance. “How did you know?” Isaac asked.

She smirked. “I didn’t for sure, but I figured. So will you come? Lola can’t, and it’s Christmas Eve.”

Sighing, David hung up his saw on its hook on the wall. “I wouldn’t go to the mall on Christmas Eve for anyone but you.” There’d been a story about it on the news that morning saying how busy it would be.

As they fought through a surge of bodies an hour later trying to get out of Macy’s, David concentrated on long inhales and exhales.

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