Hope for Christmas by Rachelle J. Christensen

Author:Rachelle J. Christensen [Christensen, Rachelle J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peachwood Press

Chapter 13

ANIKA FELT LIKE SKIPPING TO WORK after her lunch date with Carlos. Even Lila noticed something different about her attitude when she came to babysit Megan.

“Good news about your job?” Lila asked just before Anika was leaving.

Anika shrugged. “Sort of. The extra hours are great, but I still don’t know if this temp job has a chance of turning into something permanent.”

“I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you because I’ve got more homework done in the past week than I have all year.” Lila tapped the pile of books on the kitchen table.

“That’s good. Make sure you save your money for college. Then when you get old like me you won’t have to worry about working temp jobs.” Anika smiled to soften the hard truth of her words.

Lila nodded. “I will. I’m going to be a teacher.”

“You’d be excellent at that.” Anika waved before she opened the door. Lila beamed and distracted Megan as Anika scooted out into the winter wonderland of her parking lot. She hated scraping her windshield, but with the temperatures hovering below freezing for the last couple days everything was like a solid sheet of ice. Her Nissan took a few minutes to warm up so Anika was nearly to Kenworth’s by the time heat started to blow from the shuddering vents.

Even though she probably should resist, she made a detour and walked past the soda fountain on her way to the women’s department. Carlos lifted his head in a nod toward Anika. “Hi again.”

“Fancy seeing you here,” she said.

He lifted one shoulder. “This place is kind of growing on me. Kenworth’s has great employees.”

“See you later.” Anika wanted to stand there and talk with him, to feel the warmth emanating from his dark chocolate brown eyes, but she walked purposely to her station and checked the notes Jessica had left for what needed to be done first.

Re-stock the Christmas display. Great idea, Anika! We’re in the lead! — Jessica

Anika reread the note twice before tucking it away with a smile. Their department was in the lead for the sales contest! She walked around the counter to re-stock the display. Jessica was right, the Christmas stockings and glittery sweaters were selling like ice water in the desert. Anika had worried over what Jessica would think about her idea, but it had been a great choice to set up a display of Christmas décor alongside the sweaters and fancy dresses people would wear to Christmas parties during December.

The stockings, bells, and ornaments she’d taken from the houseware section still rung up the same in the women’s department and it seemed to be helping people remember what they needed to get ready for Christmas. It had provided extra exercise for Anika because she’d had to return to housewares four times already to restock her display. She put a stuffed reindeer next to a pile of long sleeved blouses and hung another stocking from the edge of the table.

After she set up everything, she walked through the Children’s

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