Chasing Christmas by Shanna Hatfield

Author:Shanna Hatfield [Hatfield, Shanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Who has a kid on a Valentine’s Day? The only thing worse would be having a Christmas birthday,” Chase groused to his cousin as he drove from North Dakota to Texas. With his cell phone set on speaker, he could talk to Ashley and still focus on the slick road ahead of him.

Snow had started falling a few hours ago, around the same time he drove across the state line into Nebraska. Although the road was slick, Chase intended to keep driving until darkness fell. By then, he hoped to be most of the way through Kansas. By tomorrow night, he’d be in San Antonio where he’d compete in the rodeo. If he placed in the top four, he’d go on to the semi-final round and hopefully the finals.

He’d planned to compete in several rodeos in the south while the winter still made it hard to get around in the northern states. Lucas kept him updated on how much snow they had at the ranch and the fact Jessie seemed to enjoy it as long as she stayed inside where it was warm.

Chase smiled, picturing her curled up on the couch beneath the fleece blanket he’d purchased for her. Thoughts of warming her with his kisses sent his temperature on a steady climb and he cracked the window.

“Chase? What’s that noise?” Ashley asked.

“Sorry,” he said, rolling the window up and returning his attention to his cousin. “Seriously, Ash, I appreciate you telling me about Jessie’s birthday. I sort of remember her mentioning it was February, but I’m pretty sure she didn’t say when.”

“No, she didn’t. I had to drag that information out of Stacey. She said Jessie hates her birthday and Valentine’s Day. Not only did her parents make her birthday suck every year, I got the idea one of Jessie’s boyfriends chose Valentine’s Day to break up with her.” Ashley snorted derisively. “You’ve got your work cut out for you, cuz.”

Chase scowled at the phone. “How in the heck am I supposed to fix the holiday for her? Can’t I just ignore it and pretend I didn’t know?”

“You could, but considering the fact that she is doing you the biggest favor of your life, you might want to rethink that.” Ashley’s condemnation carried clearly in her tone.

He sighed. “You know I wouldn’t really skip it, but I’m not sure there is anything I can do to make this day better for her. I don’t suppose you have any suggestions, do you?”

“Well, I’d definitely go with something traditional for the Valentine’s Day part of it. Flowers and candy would be the obvious choice. You can order them both and have them shipped right to the door.”

“Yeah, I know that much.” Chase wondered if his cousin thought he was utterly clueless. He wasn’t. For reasons he couldn’t begin to explain, he wanted Valentine’s Day to be special for Jessie, especially since it was her birthday, too. Yet, he didn’t want to create any expectations that would leave her disappointed later on.

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