The January Wish: An emotional and feel good women's fiction novel by Juliet Madison

Author:Juliet Madison [Madison, Juliet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books - Women's fiction
Published: 2024-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

At nine, Susie and Josh left, while Grace, Lauren, Chris and Jianyu headed over to Café Lagoon to meet Jonah. Grace’s heart soared when she saw him. He smiled widely, and apologised again to Grace for not being there earlier. She so wanted to take a photo of him right now.

‘It’s okay, we had fun, didn’t we?’ Grace turned to Lauren.

‘Sure did,’ she replied. ‘Even managed to convince Grace to join us at taekwondo next week.’

‘Really?’ Jonah’s eyes widened.

Grace nodded feebly.

‘Awesome,’ Jonah said, pulling the apron off over his head. ‘So, you know where to go?’

‘Yeah, the school hall. I was there yesterday so I know where it is,’ Grace replied.

‘Oh yeah — your audition! How’d it go?’ Jonah asked. Grace had told him about the upcoming audition last Saturday.

‘I got in,’ she said.

‘Woohoo!’ Jonah clapped. The others joined in, and she tried to flick their applause away.

‘It’s nothing. It’s not like it’s The X Factor or anything.’ Grace tried to will her blushing away.

‘Are you kidding?’ Lauren asked. ‘It’s the biggest concert in town each year. They only let the really talented people perform, and they go way out with the sets and lighting. It’s a great night.’

‘So... you’ll all be there, then?’ Grace scanned everyone’s eyes, lingering on Jonah’s.

Everyone nodded. ‘I’ll make sure I don’t have to work that night,’ Jonah said with a definitive tone.

So not only would she have to work up the courage to perform in front of strangers, but new friends, and possibly her as-yet-unknown grandparents too. At least it was a few months away, time to get prepared and build up her confidence.

‘I’m off now.’ Jonah turned to a staff member, and came around the counter to the group. They walked across the road to Miracle Park, where some of the stalls were packing up, and hung out for a while by the stage where musicians were still playing. When things died down, Jonah looked at his watch. ‘Only nine-thirty — anyone feel like catching a late movie?’

‘Sure,’ Grace said, nodding. Lauren nodded too.

‘I’ve got an early morning mate, might give it a miss,’ said Chris.

‘Yeah, me too, I’m off to the city tomorrow,’ said Jianyu.

So, it would just be Jonah, Grace, and Lauren.

Lauren looked awkwardly at Grace. ‘Actually, I remembered I have to take my sister to... a, um... thing, early tomorrow before uni.’

Just Jonah and Grace. Alone. Together. Would he still want to go, just with me?

‘Looks like it’s just us,’ Jonah said, raising his eyebrows at Grace. ‘Shall we go?’

He held out his elbow and she took it. They said their goodbyes to the others, and Jonah led her in the direction of the car park around the back of the shops on Park Street. A tiny Italian restaurant Grace had never noticed before was lit by a frame of red and green lights, a sandwich board listing specials sat out front in the car park. It was so cute; Grace took a photo of it. Jonah smiled at her curiously.

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