The Mayweather Christmas Quest by Dana Pratola

Author:Dana Pratola
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611164466
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Olympia glared at him.

“You have to understand this sounds pretty weird to me. To most people,” David said.

Olympia opened her mouth to rebut, but he was right. “I know how it looks to other people,” she said. “But, this tradition has been in my family as far back as anyone can remember and for some reason it seems to work.” Who was he to question how God worked in the Mayweather family? Last she checked, God was still God and could move in any way He pleased.

David released her and rested his forearm against the doorjamb of a drug store. “It’s just a little hard to believe in legend. I need facts. Do you have any proof? Some documentation that shows your ancestors met this way? Not just around Christmas, or in the snow, but in a Christmas snow?”

Olympia faced him fully, folding her arms over her chest. “As a matter of fact, my mother has letters my great grandmother wrote. And my own mother’s word for it.”

She met his eyes steadily, daring him to refute her mother.

He pursed his lips, considering. “I’d like to see those letters, if you don’t mind.”

“Yes, I do mind. You’re just out to make a mockery of my family’s history.”

“No. I’m not. I’m following a unique story that people will find interesting.”

Olympia spun on her heel. “I can’t believe you’re even here!”

David caught up to her after only a few steps, but she yanked her arm out of reach. “Stop touching me! You’re just making everything worse. You and your reporter girlfriend. You’re putting everyone on edge and probably chasing away any potential husbands.”

Wow, that sounded weird, even to her. He was making her doubt her own family history. And where had that girlfriend thing come from? She couldn’t care less if he had a girlfriend. Though if he did, he shouldn’t have kissed her like that.

“It could have just the opposite effect,” David said. “More men might come out of the woodwork if there’s a little attention. And some men like the competition.” He shifted his stance. “And if the legend is true, it’s unstoppable. You’ll bag a husband if we’re here or not.”

“I’m not hunting,” she snapped, and stalked away.

She knew he was behind her all the way to Lake Place Park, but refused to acknowledge him. When she stopped at a vendor’s for a bag of roasted chestnuts, and he offered to pay, she dug quickly into her wallet and thrust the money at the clerk before David could. Then she stuffed the bag in her oversized coat pocket, no longer hungry.

This whole situation had gotten way out of hand. She didn’t even know why she was here. When her oldest sister, Aliza, was old enough to think about marriage, the family had laughingly packed up the station wagon and driven to Houlton, Maine, where the snow was predicted to fall that year. And even that had been a joke. Until she’d met her husband.

Always the romantic, Brinna had followed suit. She’d been so sure of meeting Mr.

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