Christmas With Tiffany by Carolynn Carey

Author:Carolynn Carey [Carey, Carolynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00AAP6UE0
Publisher: Carolynn Carey
Published: 2012-11-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Tiffany struggled on the drive home to keep from crying. Up until today, she’d thought she was over Bain. The pain of losing him had faded during the past eight years from a persistent ache to an occasional pang, but now it was back in full force. Who would have thought she’d still be in love with him after all these years? Certainly not her.

She was somewhat embarrassed about the way she’d left the restaurant so abruptly, but she’d been terrified that she was going to learn things about him that would merely accentuate the chasm that had grown between them. He hadn’t been wearing a wedding ring, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t involved with someone, and Tiffany didn’t think she could bear hearing about that.

She figured that when she got home, her mother would quiz her about the “friend” she’d met for dinner, but her mother was preoccupied because Holly’s stomach was upset. It sounded to Tiffany as though Holly had a simple stomach virus, but after what had happened with her father, she understood why her mother never took stomach problems lightly.

By the next morning, Holly’s stomach was better but she was feeling totally drained, so both Tiffany and their mom insisted Holly stay home and in bed. Tiffany wasn’t feeling great herself, but she knew her sluggishness resulted from a near sleepless night. First she’d had trouble going to sleep. Then she’d dreamed she was back in high school and that she was invisible, so no one ever realized she was there. She’d watched Bain making out with a girl who looked just like her but wasn’t. She’d wanted to tell him he was kissing an imposter, but since she was invisible, she had no voice.

After waking from the dream, she’d found it impossible to go back to sleep, so she’d crawled out of bed and slipped to the kitchen to make herself a cup of hot tea. By the time her mother got up, Tiffany was dressed and had breakfast on the table. After eating and checking on Holly, she left for work. Without Holly available to help, she knew she needed to get in early and get busy dealing with those Christmas ornaments.

Boxes and boxes of Christmas ornaments.

The first thing she did after starting a pot of coffee was to call the ornament manufacturer again, hoping that by this time, someone had discovered the error and was ready to arrange for some of those boxes to be picked up. She reached a different person this time and had high hopes she might get a more informed response. However, the woman merely put her on hold for ten minutes and then came back to say that their records showed Tiffany had placed the order and there was no way she could return Christmas ornaments because they were considered seasonal merchandise. In addition, the woman said that Tiffany should have received a bill already but if she hadn’t, she would soon.

Tiffany’s head began to ache. If she didn’t sell most of those ornaments, she’d be in serious financial trouble.

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