Trouble With Christmas (9781455544066) by Mason Debbie

Author:Mason, Debbie [MASON, DEBBIE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction / Romance - Contemporary, Fiction / Contemporary Women, Fiction / Romance - Erotica
ISBN: 9781455527670
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Published: 2013-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Madison hummed along with the carol playing on the radio. Her good mood from the night before continued as she drove down the road on her way to drop Nell off at the warehouse. At the end of the street, the sun peeked through the snow-frosted trees on the mountain ridge, casting the town in a soft, welcoming glow.

“It’s going to be a gorgeous day.” She smiled at Nell and got a sour look in return.

“What the Sam Hill’s wrong with you?” the older woman said. “You’re acting like you got into my hooch.”

Hooch? Madison shook her head and laughed. “Forget about it, Nell. Nothing you say can ruin my good mood today.”

Tugging a piece of paper from the pocket of her plaid jacket, Nell shot her a wanna-bet look. “I’m giving you another chance on Santa’s float. Here’s the list of paint colors you’re supposed to use.”

Madison sighed. Nell’d managed to ruin her good mood in under five seconds. She held up her finger, wiggled it and faked a yelp. “Sorry, I don’t think I’m up to it.”

“You’ve got a bruised fingernail while I’ve got a broken—”

“Stress fracture.”

Nell grunted. “Same difference. And I managed to put in a full day yesterday. Most of which I spent fixing your screwups. While you sat in a corner pouting and sucking on your finger before you made your escape.”

“I wasn’t pouting. And if I’m such a screwup, why do you want me there?”

“You weren’t that bad. Everyone else had their family with…” She trailed off, then lifted a shoulder.

So. As much as Nell was growing on Madison, it appeared she was growing on Nell, too. She patted the older woman’s arm. “Okay, I’ll help. But only for a couple of hours. I have to meet with G—someone later.”

Nell rolled her eyes. “I don’t understand why you want to keep what you’re doing for Grace a secret.”

“How… never mind.” Madison should’ve known it was next to impossible to keep anything quiet in Christmas. “We’re only at the early stages. Until I talk to the bank manager tomorrow, nothing is for certain.”

“Even if nothing comes of it, it’s a nice thing you’re doing for Grace. Shows you have a heart. Folks around here are beginning to realize you’ve had their best interest in mind all along. Mr. Hartwell will probably be calling you any day now. I just hope he lets you stick around for a while longer. It’s late in the game to be looking for another elf,” Nell said, her voice gruff.

A fist-sized ball of guilt lodged in Madison’s chest. It was a lie. She hadn’t come here with the town’s best interest in mind. Everything she’d said and done had been in the best interest of Joe and Hartwell. She was about to confess as much to Nell when she realized while that might have been true in the beginning, it wasn’t true now.

She cared what happened to Gage and his girls, to Nell, to Ted and Fred, to Grace, to all of them, really.

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