The Christmas Fountain_A Small Town Southern Romance by Kait Nolan

Author:Kait Nolan [Nolan, Kait]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B077PNNVMZ
Publisher: Kait Nolan
Published: 2017-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

SCHOOL WAS OFFICIALLY OUT for Christmas break and not a moment too soon. Donations were pouring in for Fountain of Hope and that meant Mary Alice and her team were about to be exceptionally busy. They had three days to get everything picked up from the donation sites, wrapped, and delivered to each family. She’d appointed herself to swing by the hospital, on the off-chance Chad had a few minutes to grab some coffee.

It seemed ridiculous to miss him. She’d just seen him last night. And while there hadn’t been time for a reprisal of Sunday—or execution of his most excellent suggestion of what to do with the last of that pie—she was wearing a turtleneck sweater today to cover up the beard burn on her throat. She, Mary Alice Reed, was dating one of Wishful’s most eligible bachelors, and it felt fantastic.

She had a spring in her step as she strode through the automatic doors and headed for the elevator up to the second-floor nurse’s station. Corinne had said everything was gathered and stored in a locked closet upstairs. Not too convenient for off-loading, but she’d promised to round up a few pairs of extra hands to help haul everything out to Mary Alice’s car. She’d just touch base, then swing by the ER.

Mary Alice took the elevator up, humming to herself. She hadn’t planned on having a new boyfriend this close to Christmas, which put her at something of a disadvantage on the gift-giving front. It was hard to know what was appropriate, given the newness of their relationship. Maybe something for his house? He’d seemed to like the idea of homey touches, and certainly he could use some. But that seemed like she was making a claim on his space, and despite the giddy sense that they were definitely headed in that direction, it was way too soon to do that. Maybe something baked. He had really liked the pie.

Flipping through her mental index of recipes, Mary Alice stepped off the elevator and right into a broad chest. “Oh!”

Big, familiar hands came up to cup her shoulders and steady her. “Sorry about that.”

Mary Alice’s stomach clenched as she looked up—way up—into Judd’s familiar blue eyes. “Hey. What are you doing here?” He hated hospitals with a vengeance.

Autumn stepped out from behind him and offered a little wave. “Hi.”

Seeing the other woman, Mary Alice expected to feel anger or jealousy—something. But seeing her here, it wasn’t any of those emotions at the forefront. It was concern. Autumn had a congenital heart defect. She’d had surgery back in high school and had been under strict medical supervision ever since. No matter what had passed between them, she didn’t wish the other woman ill. “Is everything okay?”

Neither of them were throwing off worried vibes. In fact, they both seemed to be trying to repress a bubbling excitement.

Autumn’s fair cheeks flushed. “I’m fine. Great, in fact.” She shifted, but not before Mary Alice’s gaze dropped to the glossy black and white photo in her hand.

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