Holly Pointe & Mistletoe _A heartwarming holiday romance by Cindy Kirk

Author:Cindy Kirk [Kirk, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Waverly House
Published: 2018-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

Stella sipped some very excellent cappuccino from the corner table in the Busy Bean and scrolled through her list of activities to cover. She nearly groaned aloud at the entry under today’s date.

Holly Pointe school holiday concert.

Stella couldn’t recall the last time she’d attended a school Christmas event, but she could already envision this one. Little boys and girls dressed in holiday finery singing loudly and slightly off key. The parents would smile proudly from uncomfortable auditorium seats while videoing every precious moment.

The older kids would likely appear bored.

If she was lucky, there might—just might—be a moment or two worth capturing for the town blog. Still, she reminded herself, attending and reporting on these functions came with the job.

“Krista.”

Stella’s head snapped up.

Krista Ankrom stood at the counter, looking ready for the runway in cream-colored wool pants and a pink cashmere sweater. Her coat appeared to be cashmere, too. The twins were with her, studying the selection of scones and muffins that Dough See Dough supplied daily to the coffee shop.

“Kenny.” There was genuine gladness in Krista’s tone, and the smile she offered the older man was wide. “How are you doing? How’s Norma?”

Kenny’s deep rumble of an answer was too low for Stella to hear. But the look of sympathy that crossed Krista’s face told Stella there was a reason Norma wasn’t behind the counter this morning.

“Give her my best,” Krista told the man, then fixed a sharp-eyed gaze on the twins who’d started shoving each other. “Neither of you are getting a treat if you continue to act this way.”

Stella thought she heard the word “muffin” from one of the boys while the response of the other sounded like “cinnamon.”

“The three of us will split a scone.” Krista turned to Kenny. “We’ll take a lemon-blueberry scone, two cups of hot chocolate, and a short skinny vanilla latte.”

Reetha, the girl behind the counter with the short pixie cut, went immediately to work on the order. As there were no other customers in line, Krista continued to visit with Kenny.

Unfortunately, the former model lowered her voice so much that Stella couldn’t hear what either one of them was saying.

When Krista picked up the order and took a seat not far from the window, Stella realized her luck might have turned. Especially when she discovered that instead of scrolling through her phone the way many parents did when with their children, Krista actually focused her entire attention on her sons.

“I’m not sure we’ll have time to take you sledding this afternoon. Your daddy said something about wanting to take you skating at the lake.”

It almost sounded as if the couple was sharing custody of the boys. Or was Stella simply reading more into the statements than was actually there?

“Of course, we’ll both be at the program tonight.”

Program? Excitement coursed like an awakened river through Stella’s blood. She’d forgotten that the twins were in kindergarten. Krista had to be referring to the program tonight at the school.

She and Dustin would be there. Which meant Stella would have another chance to observe them together.

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