A Winter Crest Christmas: Indiana & Ransom by Natisha Raynor

Author:Natisha Raynor [Raynor, Natisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K. Renee Publications
Published: 2022-11-25T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

INDIANA

It was an unusually warm day for December, so after work, I decided to go visit my mother and grandmother’s graves. They were buried in the same graveyard. I took flowers for each of them. I took a deep breath as I stopped at my mother’s grave first. I stared at her tombstone for a bit and waited for the tears to come, but they didn’t. Maybe I had gotten all of the tears out this morning when I had my meltdown at Ransom’s place.

“Hey, mommy,” I said in a small voice. “I dreamed about you last night. I dreamed about you and grandma actually. You know, for a long time I thought that I had such rotten luck with men because I wasn’t supposed to have kids. Like, why would I want kids if you and grandma aren’t here to help me? You won’t be here to go to my wedding, and you won’t be here to watch me be a wife and mother. But I met this really nice guy, and I’m starting to think, what if there are some good men out there, and I do meet one and have kids one day?

I don’t know what to believe about the afterlife, but I choose to believe that you and grandma are with me. I choose to believe that you are here guiding me and that you’re proud of me. Then, I start thinking if I have a family of my own, I won’t be so alone. I just want to know that if I ever did have a family, you guys would be here with me. Sometimes, I just want a sign.”

I continued to stare at my mother’s headstone, remembering all of my happiest moments as a child. I was so zoned out that it took me a few moments to spot them. My eyes narrowed, and I looked up at the sky. “Am I tripping?” I mumbled. I watched some more, and sure enough, I saw a few little snow flurries.

I jerked my head back and looked down at my mother’s face on her headstone. “Okay, lady, it’s warm out here, and the forecast didn’t call for snow. Is that a sign, or are you messing with me?”

It was December, and snow is very normal in December in Winter Crest, but it wasn’t supposed to snow for another few days. Either I wanted to see a sign bad as hell, or my mother had really given me one. For some reason, my heart was no longer heavy, and I actually smiled. Maybe I was delusional and tripping, but I chose to believe that my mother had given me what I asked for. When I woke up in Ransom’s bed with The Temptations singing my mother’s favorite Christmas song, it felt as if my heart had been ripped from my chest. Suddenly, I couldn’t breathe, and I felt as if I was suffocating. I began to hyperventilate and cry, but even in my state of distress, I didn’t want to wake Ransom up.

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