Letters to Santa by Nancy Naigle

Author:Nancy Naigle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hallmark Publishing
Published: 2019-06-21T15:39:25+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Michelle walked out of the Kringle Kitchen and then held the door for Thomas and David as they carried Santa’s mailbox out to its new home on the square.

Carol might have been up to her matchmaking ways again—or stirring the pot, as Joe liked to say—but this time, Michelle didn’t mind one bit. Carol had coerced Thomas into helping her by practically shoving the screw gun into his hand, and then she’d urged both of them, along with David, out the door.

“Thank you so much for helping out with this,” Michelle said to Thomas.

Her comment seemed to amuse him. “Well, there’s nowhere else we’d rather be.”

David nodded as he helped carry the red mailbox over to the peppermint-striped pole that had been set up to support it. “It’s cool that we can leave our letters to Santa right here.”

“I used to leave my letters to Santa in this mailbox when I was your age. Everyone in town did.”

Thomas turned and winked. Sometimes he almost seemed to be flirting. Like now. He smiled at her and sparks began to fly. She sucked in a breath. Is he feeling this, too?

The three of them made their way over to the post. It was awkward getting the mailbox up onto the pole, but finally it fell onto the notch and down into place. Thomas took the screws out of his pocket and began securing it.

“Would you look at this? Daisy’s old mailbox.” The joyful voice startled Michelle, and she turned around to see Nick. The old white-bearded man, wearing a blue pea coat and bright red scarf, seemed to have come out of nowhere.

“Hi, Nick.” Michelle had hired him to play Santa last year, and he’d done such a great job she’d hired him on the spot for this year’s festival before someone else could snatch him up.

David and Michelle held the mailbox steady as Thomas put another screw in the other side of the mounting bracket.

Michelle said to Nick, “You know Thomas and—”

“Of course I know David,” Nick said. “He and Hannah came by the store the other day while I was there. How’s the search for the lock coming?”

David hung his head. “Not great. We’ve tried just about everywhere.”

“Well keep trying,” Nick said with a glint in his eye. “Sometimes the best way to solve a puzzle is to step back and wait. And then, a bell goes off in your head and everything makes sense.”

David nodded. “Yeah. That makes sense.” Thomas placed a reassuring arm around David’s shoulder.

Nick addressed Thomas. “Are you new to Evergreen?”

“Trying to be,” Thomas said. “In fact, we’re thinking about branching out my logging business, setting up an office here in Evergreen.”

What? She turned to him. “Really?”

“He’s been talking about it for a whole day now,” David said, rolling his eyes.

Michelle lit up inside like a Christmas tree. This changes things. Her heart raced.

“Wonderful,” Nick said. “Keep up the good work. Putting the mailbox here is a wonderful idea.”

Michelle held up the hand painted sign she’d painted for him to see.

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