Christmas Camp by Karen Schaler

Author:Karen Schaler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Oh no!” Haley’s hand flew to her mouth as she scrambled to pick up the angel’s wings.

Jeff was instantly by her side. “What happened? Are you okay?”

When Haley, with a guilty look on her face, held up her angel in one hand and the wings she had just cut off in the other, she saw Jeff fight back a laugh.

“It’s okay,” he said. “We have lots of paper. Here, try again.”

“I’m not very good at this,” Haley said, meaning much more than just cutting out angels. What she was really thinking was that she wasn’t very good at handling the feelings she was starting to have about him. She’d never felt like this before, so she was pretty much clueless. What she did know was that she didn’t like not being able to control her feelings. It seemed like the more she told herself not to let Jeff distract her, the more he was getting under her skin. She knew she needed to pull herself together fast. She just wasn’t sure how. Just like she was struggling with her Tyler Toys pitch, she was struggling to figure out how to handle the Jeff situation. Without even realizing it, she had started to cut out another angel.

When she looked up, she saw that Jeff was watching her. He was smiling. “I have faith you’ll figure it out.”

Haley almost dropped the scissors. For a moment she felt like he had read her mind, but then quickly realized he was just talking about having faith in her angel. She was saved from saying anything when another volunteer, a pretty girl in her midtwenties, walked up carrying a Christmas basket.

“Merry Christmas! Can I interest you in a few treats?” she asked, revealing that her basket was filled with baked goods and candies. She was smiling and batting her long eyelashes at Jeff without even acknowledging Haley.

Haley’s eyes narrowed as she watched the girl flirt.

“We also have coffee and some soft drinks over in the corner if you need some caffeine,” the volunteer continued, still smiling at Jeff. “And there’s also a great bar across the street. I’ll be there in about an hour if you’d like to grab a drink . . .”

Annoyed, Haley put herself between Jeff and the cute volunteer. “I’ll take a candy cane,” she said, making it impossible for the volunteer to continue to ignore her. But when the girl quickly gave Haley the candy cane and went back to ogling Jeff, Haley snapped . . . literally snapping her candy cane in two, ripping off the wrapper, and putting a piece of the candy cane into her mouth.

This instantly caught Jeff’s attention. “I thought you weren’t doing sugar?”

Haley couldn’t answer because she was devouring the candy cane, crunching away, so she just smiled and grabbed another candy cane and two cookies out of the basket. She was about to grab something else when the volunteer backed away.

“I better go and stock up,” the volunteer said, and then gave Jeff a hopeful look.

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