The Christmas List by Dixie Jo Jarchow

Author:Dixie Jo Jarchow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781522397717
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

8

Every day that followed, Mandy waited for Max to come to the store. At first she tried to hide it, but when Jennifer moved a chair to the front counter for her, she sighed and sat. Fat, furry flakes dropped heavily from the sky. A white Christmas was forecast, and all the customers who came to the store seemed excited.

“He’s not coming back,” Jennifer told her. “Don’t worry, you’ve always got a place here at the boutique. I need you here. You can run this shop and get your accounting business off the ground while I open the new one. As a manager, the pay is better. The hours are lousy, but you’re used to that. Plus, we get to complain to each other every night without the other contradicting us. It’s a dream set-up.”

“It’s not that. Well, it’s a little bit of that. I feel as though I faced my core challenge of helping small businesses and failed right off the bat. I should be able to help him.”

“But you said he wanted you to be his secretary or assistant. That can’t be part of your plan.” Jennifer folded tank tops while she talked.

“I should have realized that when he said partner, he didn’t mean that I would be his assistant. He meant a true partnership. My goal should have been to deflect his offbeat humor and repurpose his energy.”

“All the buzzwords in the world won’t change that you did the right thing.”

“No, I don’t think I worked with him in a positive way.”

“Just when he got some money together and got all needy, you redirected him right out the door.”

“He’s so innocent. I should go find him and help him.” Mandy went in back to get her coat. “Someone who isn’t me, might take advantage of him. But that’s not who I am. He’s a genuinely good person.”

“If you ask me, and I know you haven’t, I think you should just move on. Max was a practice run. There are a ton of other businesses out there. We should do our marketing campaign like we planned and get you some new clients at a pace you can handle.” Jennifer smiled. “Let me make you some tea. I got some of that lavender stuff that smells amazing.”

Mandy took one last look out the front window, sighed, and got up to help make tea. “I guess you’re right.”



Mandy sat in her comfortable barrel chair at home and read under the warm ambience of the window. Maybe God had closed a door only to open a window. Wasn’t that in the Bible somewhere? Her memory, usually excellent, wouldn’t cooperate tonight.

The phone rang.

“Hello, Mom.” Mandy put a bookmark in her novel and set it aside. This call would take a while.

“How’s my girl? Jennifer called me and told me a little of what’s happening.”

“Fine. Well, not fine. The new client I had didn’t work out. Jennifer and I are planning to do a marketing campaign. I hope to snag some clients through that.

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