Noel Street by Richard Paul Evans

Author:Richard Paul Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2019-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER sixteen

There’s a reason movies use ketchup to simulate blood.

—Elle Sheen’s Diary

Loretta put her arm around me. “Come to the back, honey. Come back and sit.”

“I can’t,” I said. “I’ve got to talk to Dylan.” I looked over at him. He was visibly upset.

“Did he hear what she said?” I asked William.

He shook his head. “I don’t think so.”

Dylan ran over to me. “Why are you crying, Mama?”

I knelt down and hugged him. William squatted down next to us. “Everything’s okay,” he said. “There was a mean lady, but we made her leave.” William turned to me. “Elle, go back with Loretta, I’ll take care of Dylan.” Then he said to Dylan, “Would you like to share a milkshake?”

“No, I want my own.”

“Even better,” he said. “What flavor should we get?”

“Let’s get strawberry.”

“Perfect. I love strawberry.”

Loretta smiled at him. “I’ll get two strawberries. And thank you, sir, for your service.”

“You’re welcome.”

She turned to me. “Your friend has things under control. Now come on back, darlin’.”

As we walked back she said to Andy, “Your dinner’s on me, Officer. Dessert too.”

“Always my pleasure,” he said. “We don’t need that kind of crazy in Mistletoe.”

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