Fall by Winter by Cara Dee

Author:Cara Dee [Dee, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-14T23:00:00+00:00

I stifled a laugh and winced when I looked across the street to see Mason opening the door for a couple Halloween trick-or-treaters. He was sweet as hell and squatted down to their level; it had to be very young children. Maybe three or four years old. And he engaged with them like he genuinely enjoyed chatting to them, but he was no longer handing out candy. The past two times kids had come knocking, I’d seen him pull out his wallet.

It was possible I’d become his personal stalker, but in my defense, I’d been preparing the bagels. And having coffee while waiting for the bagels to come out of the oven. Now I was ready to go feed him and maybe save the day a bit. Because I always bought too much candy.

After wrapping two big ready-made bagels in individual paper sleeves, I grabbed one of the other five-pound bags of fun-size chocolates I’d bought and left the house.

The weatherman had warned about the risk of snow, and I believed him. It was freaking cold.

Some of my neighbors went all out for Halloween, their front yards littered with decorations. Others—me included—didn’t. My time had passed. Rather, I’d paid my dues when Brady and Aurora were younger. These days, I settled for a single pumpkin on the porch and a sign on the door.

It’d been half off at Target last year.

There was a handful of kids who’d just reached our street and would be at Mason’s house in a few minutes, so I jogged the last bit and knocked on his door.

“Trick or kiss!” I called.

Mason opened the door and gave me one of his charming grins. “What if I want both?”

I chuckled and walked past him—and several trash bags and a new stove. “As I was stalking you from my kitchen window earlier, I couldn’t help but notice you’d probably run out of candy.”

“Fuck, you’re a lifesaver, darlin’.” He was there to cup my cheeks and kiss me as soon as I turned around to face him. “Mmm. I missed you today.”

He gave me all the goose bumps in the world. “Me too,” I admitted, shivering.

He smiled into another kiss, a slow one where he teased the tip of his tongue around mine. It was my favorite kiss. I’d even told Sharon about it when we had lunch today. A kiss that wasn’t a whole kiss, a kiss where our lips just barely caressed each other, and yet the tongue-teasing and soft smiles were enough to wonder when we could get naked next time.

I’d never been kissed the way he kissed me.

“Let me get that from you.” He took the heavy bag of treats and placed it on the floor by the door. “Damn, you’re prepared.”

“I’m a mother who’s lived in Downtown for half her life,” I replied. “We get a lot of Halloween traffic.”

Aside from the marina and a small town center, Downtown was literally just one residential area after another. And almost only houses. As far as I knew, there were only a few apartment complexes in our district.

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