Abdominal Snowman: A Feel Good Holiday Romance by Sloane Peterson

Author:Sloane Peterson [Peterson, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Sloane Peterson
Published: 2020-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five - On Thin Ice

Somehow I’d survived through to the weekend! I’d managed to do the impossible, getting through this complete head trip of a week without going completely crazy, although I’ll be the first to admit I came awfully close a time or two.

I was off from the bakery again this Saturday, and I desperately wanted to get out of town again with Jule. I wished I could think of some excuse for us to go back to Westport and stay in a hotel for the weekend, shake off the memory of the past several days, and hopefully return to a version of Loveland that was completely free of any snowmen masquerading as human beings, or vice versa.

Jule, unfortunately, was spending the night at her friend’s house this evening, so this plan wouldn’t work out even if I could have afforded to shell out so much cash on so frivolous an endeavor.

Still, though, what was to stop me, personally, from getting out of town overnight? It was rare these days that I should get an evening to myself, after all. At the very least, maybe I could treat myself to a nice dinner in the city, then catch some cheesy holiday film at the movie theater just to kill some time.

Surely, I told myself, Nole’s incessant head games and cameos in my day-to-day life wouldn’t extend past the Loveland corporation limits.

Would they?

I actually had no idea why this should be the case, but it felt right somehow. Like there was some unwritten rule about Christmas magic that kept it contained inside the small town where it originated. Sort of like, well, being inside a snow globe.

Whether or not this was actually accurate, though, I never really got a chance to test my theory for certain.

I’d just clocked out at Loveland from the Oven, and was already scheming about what I should do with my precious evening of freedom ahead. In my absentmindedness, I guess I didn’t notice the black ice that had formed across the sidewalk next to my car until it was too late.

All at once the whole world toppled out from under me. I slid back and began to fall, feeling like I was suspended in slow motion, already imagining myself slamming into the cold pavement, my head busted open on a gurney as they wheeled me off to the ER.

The nearest hospital, it just so happened, was in Westport, so it was starting to look like I might get to have my girl’s night out after all...

Oh God! my thoughts raced as I plummeted. Who will take care of Jule? How the fossilized fruitcake will I afford to pay for my medical expenses??? Oh God, I’ll have to sell the bakery! What will happen to poor sweet Marie?!

Thankfully, though, it never came to any of that. I was saved from the ground by a firm set of hands, gripping me just under my arms, my legs still skidding out from under me as I tried to steady myself.

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