Eggnog and Candy Canes: A Blueberry Springs Christmas Novella by Oram Jean

Author:Oram, Jean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: holiday novella, Christmas stories, Blueberry Springs, Jean Oram, chick lit, women's fiction, enemies to lovers, contemporary romance, humorous fiction, romantic comedy
Publisher: Oram Productions
Published: 2014-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

What was she going to do about Nash? Her hands were sweating, her mind a mess. What if Mary Alice was wrong?

The woman was never wrong. What if she was right?

She had a connection with Nash that Katie hadn’t expected. What if…

Don’t think. That’s all she had to do. Just shove all thoughts regarding Nash into the corner of her mind, along with being an interior decorator and Will ever asking her…no. In the corner. Now stay there.

Good. Great. It was Christmas. Be cheery.

She smoothed her ponytail, peeked down the quiet corridor, then shut the door to her father’s new room. She’d convinced Mary Alice that Harvey would perk up if she got him a cup of coffee, sending the woman to the cafeteria while she rolled her father into a room close enough to the nursing station that she could keep an eye on him. For good measure, she’d locked him to the bed.

He was asleep again and anyone trying to jailbreak him was bad news for his life expectancy. Full stop. She was doing what security would do if they actually had hauled their butt in for a full day of work. Well, no, actually. They would have kicked Mary Alice out, but quite frankly, Katie didn’t think she had it in her.

She glanced at the clock. Time for a little bit of Christmas cheer. Not carols over the PA, that was too Angelica Reiter and she wasn’t going down that road. But Katie had a box of Christmas cookies from Mandy that she could share with the six or so patients who were in their rooms, and then the five continuing-care patients who hadn’t gone home to their families for the holiday.

Katie pulled the lid off the tin and inhaled the buttery sweetness of the shortbread cookies. Too tempting. She stole a small square and popped it in her mouth. What was it about Mandy that made her so awesome at baking? No wonder her restaurant was doing so well, her desserts were devilishly divine. Katie sneaked a second cookie, savoring the way it melted in her mouth. Nothing better in the world. And likely nothing better for adding girth to her hips. She tucked a third cookie in her mouth and smiled.

Who cared? She was single. May as well enjoy the perks.

She walked through the double doors to the continuing care nursing home attached to the hospital as Elsie Nagorski trudged by, her long grey hair swept up in a high bun.

“Still not dancing?” Katie asked, following the woman into her room. It had been months since Elsie had stopped dancing her way to and fro through the continuing care area, but it still felt odd.

“I will never dance again. All the good celebrities are dying. It makes me feel old. All my contemporaries are knocking off, calling it a day, pushing up daisies from six feet under.”

“Right.” Depressing. But not a lot she could do on that one. “So? What are you up to

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