Sugarplum Trio by Nancy Warren

Author:Nancy Warren [Warren, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: holidays, anthologies, romantic comedy, fiction
Publisher: Ambleside Publishing
Published: 2014-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Dear Santa. I have been a good girl all year. Mostly. Please bring me a:

Puppy

Kitten

Puppy

Puppy

Sparkly nail polish

Each time she’d printed puppy she’d drawn a dog in a different color of crayon.

“Well,” Erin said handing back the note. “She’s pretty clear about what she wants. She’s going to be one happy little girl come Christmas morning.”

“Yeah.” He let out a breath. How to explain the confusion inside him? “Thing is, she’s five. A dog is a big commitment. He’ll be around for a long time.”

“So will Sadie.”

“I know. But…” he shoved his hands in his pockets. Watched the little dog romp and play, stopping to sniff at every bush, to cock its head at every unfamiliar noise. “I’m not sure I can take the risk. We had the dog less than a day and lost him. Sadie’s lost so much. What if something happened to the dog? How could I live with myself if I gave her a dog, let her fall in love with it, and then something happened to it?”

“I don’t know,” she said slowly, watching the dog. “Do we stop ourselves from loving again because it’s too painful to lose someone or something we love?”

He turned and so did she so they were looking into each other’s eyes and he saw his own sadness reflected. “I don’t know either,” he said. “Do we?”

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