Candy Cane Wishes: An Inspirational Romance by Leah Atwood

Author:Leah Atwood [Atwood, Leah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Falling Leaf Press
Published: 2017-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Zoe looked forward to Donovan’s return but prayed he had a great weekend with his son. After having his assistance and company with the candy canes for a week, Zoe discovered she enjoyed his presence. Of course, it took not having him nearby all weekend for her to have this epiphany, but she’d come to a conclusion, nonetheless. What to do with that information was a different story.

Did she dare allow herself to have a friend? A tremble coursed through her. Even friendship meant being vulnerable. She’d had enough heartache to last a lifetime plus infinity. Dare she risk opening her heart?

Her heart? Where did that come from? As a friend, Zoe, as a friend. Don’t jump ahead of yourself.

Weren’t they already friends? In a week’s span, he’d learned more about her than any other person in Nativity had in the five years she’d lived here. She’d told him more than she’d even told Mrs. Jacobs. She trusted him, felt comfortable confiding in him, and it wasn’t one-sided. He’d entrusted her with information he claimed not to have told anyone, and he’d gain nothing from lying.

They brought each other coffee, and hot cocoa, and tea. She didn’t have any social media accounts to friend him on, but they exchanged text messages that increasingly had nothing to do with the candy canes.

That reminded her …

She pushed Snowball from her lap and went to the kitchen and unplugged her phone from the charger. Sent a text to Donovan and hoped she hadn’t overstepped her bounds. — Was at the mall this morning and saw the Freddy Turtle play set in stock. I asked if they’d hold it for you, but they wouldn’t since it’s the number one toy this season. I went ahead and bought it for you.

As she expected, no immediate reply came. He’d mentioned Mondays were meeting day at work, and he set his phone to silent during them. More evidence of their friendship. Though she knew the career fields of most people whom she interacted with at church, she didn’t know their employer, let alone anything about their schedules. Only Donovan’s.

While she was in the kitchen, she fed the cats and gave them fresh water. A black blur jumped down from the top of the refrigerator and pounced in front of her. Her heart skipped a beat until she realized it was Coal, who often hid up there when Snowball wanted to play, and he didn’t. With her extra fluff, Snowball hadn’t figured out how to get that high.

She cleaned her dishes from breakfast and lunch. A defying laugh escaped. Of all the changes in her life in recent years, they weren’t all bad. The old Zoe never would have left a dish in the sink, but the new Zoe understood life’s brevity. Nothing had been hurt, and the world wasn’t worse off for her leaving the dishes until after she’d run errands this morning. The release of perfection came with a high price tag, but she’d glean every lesson possible from the death of her family.

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