Sweet Holiday Traditions (Indigo Bay Sweet Romance Series) by Danielle Stewart

Author:Danielle Stewart [Stewart, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random Acts Publishing
Published: 2017-11-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“That was fun,” Frieda said as she and Milo strolled down the street with a batch of her cookies in hand. “I haven’t decorated a tree like that in a long time. My sister hires a company to come decorate their house and my brother doesn’t put a tree up because it scares his dogs. My folks stopped putting one up a few years ago when it seemed impossible for us all to get together on Christmas anymore.”

“You planned this year?” Milo asked, and Frieda felt shock waves when his elbow would brush hers. Childish yes, but she couldn’t stop the feeling.

“I did,” Frieda sighed. “And it’s not like my sister planned to be on bedrest. And my mother and father really do help her out a lot with the kids so I understand that. My brother is one of the busiest people I know. It would be crazy for him and his family to come all this way to just hang with me. He told me to fly to his house instead but I couldn’t.”

“Why?”

“It’s a long story,” Frieda admitted as her heart tightened. She remembered Milo would only be in her life another couple of days at best. It couldn’t hurt to tell him the truth. “It’s embarrassing.”

“The Tuckers love embarrassing long stories.”

“My car is full of all my stuff,” she admitted. “I live in Georgia with my ex – well he wasn’t my ex but now he is. He bailed on this trip too, and I gave him an ultimatum that I knew he’d turn down. I was kind of hoping he would. So I packed up all my stuff and I was going to tell my parents that I would follow them back up to New York and hopefully live with them a while. I knew it would be hell. My brother would tell me I’d blown my shot at the cookie business and now I was living at home. He’d tell me it was now or never. My sister would remind me how empty my life is without kids. But I was willing to suck all that up and try to have a nice Christmas followed by a journey home with my tail between my legs.”

“And now that they didn’t come? Where does that leave you?” Milo sounded genuinely worried as she tucked his hands into the pockets of his jeans.

“I’m really resilient,” Frieda replied, forcing her voice to sound breezy. “I’ll just call them when our rental is over and find out when they’re going home. I’ve got some leads on some places that would be interested in selling my cookies, or maybe I’ll just finally give in and give it all over to my brother. He’ll make sure I get a cut and I’m well taken care of.”

“No,” Milo said, spinning in front of her so she was forced to stop abruptly. “You can’t do that. I mean if you want to you should, but don’t make a decision just because your back is against the wall.

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