Christmas Forever by Sophie Love

Author:Sophie Love [Love, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sophie Love
Published: 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

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Luckily, there were no more Patricia induced mishaps from that point forward, and Emily quickly relaxed into the play. Chantelle was an absolute star, of course. Her extra singing lessons from Owen had really paid off. Rather than her usual slow, angelic singing, her solo in the play was an upbeat number, and she delivered it with pitch-perfect precision. As the crowd applauded, Emily glanced over at Daniel and grinned as she saw him wipe away a proud tear.

All too soon, the kids were congregated on the stage belting out the final lines to the last song. The play had been utterly delightful, and the moment the song ended, the crowd erupted with applause. Emily found herself suddenly on her feet, cheering and clapping with her hands high above her head, jumping on the spot as though she weren’t currently over nine months pregnant!

The curtain fell then and the lights came back on. Emily turned to Daniel and hugged him.

“Wasn’t she fantastic?” he gushed.

“She was marvellous,” Patricia’s voice came from Emily’s hand.

Emily startled. She’d forgotten about her! She let go of Daniel and looked at her mom.

“You watched the whole thing,” she said, touched. “Chantelle will be so pleased.”

“She needed one of her grandparents to watch,” Patricia replied a little haughtily.

Emily felt the sting keenly. Why was Roy being so evasive right now? Was he hiding something from her -- a change in his physical appearance or similar -- in order to protect her from his condition? She certainly didn’t want him to! She wanted every little ounce of her father fate would allow her.

“I wish he’d answer my calls,” Emily said, sadly, quite forgetting that it was Patricia she was seeking solace from.

To her surprise, her mom gave her a caring, sympathetic smile. “I know you do, darling. I’m sure he had a reason for being AWOL. He always had some reason or other in his mind, even if it didn’t make that much sense to the people who loved him.”

Emily nodded. It wasn’t often Patricia could soothe her.

“Mom, the kids are coming out now,” Emily said. “I’d better go.”

“Send my love to Chantelle.”

“I will.”

Emily ended the call. Daniel pulled her close to him, offering comfort for the sadness over Roy she was so evidently feeling. Together, they went to collect Chantelle.

They’d just made it out into the gangway, when someone appeared next to Emily.

“Roman!” she exclaimed. “How are you…?”

He grinned widely. There was an enormous bunch of flowers in his arms. “I made it back in time after all,” he said. “Wasn’t she ace? My Christmas angel!”

“Chantelle will be just thrilled to see you,” Emily said. “Come on.”

The three of them made it to the collection point. Chantelle had the proudest look on her face ever when she realized her parents were approaching. But then her gaze fell to Roman and a huge grin burst across her face.

“You came!” she cried, throwing her arms around him.

“These are for you,” Roman said, handing her the flowers.

Emily laughed as the little girl accepted the bouquet.

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