Jackpot by Cade Haddock Strong

Author:Cade Haddock Strong [Strong, Cade Haddock]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642471731
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2020-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

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After a morning on the slopes, during which Ty tried and failed to keep up with her brother, she and Reed drove to a large roadside Christmas Tree stand on the far side of town. As soon as she opened the car door, Ty’s nose twitched at the sweet smell of evergreens. It triggered a range of emotions. Nostalgia and sorrow for Christmases past, along with hope and happiness for the Christmas she was about to share with her brother and sister-in-law.

“Do you think they have any Douglas firs?” Reed asked as they meandered through the tidy rows of trees perched on crude wooden stands.

“Gosh, I don’t know,” Ty replied, “but I sure hope so.” Growing up, they’d always gone out as a family and cut down a Douglas fir at the Christmas tree farm in the neighboring town.

“Hey, Ty,” a male voice said.

Ty looked up and saw Scotty, her realtor, poking through a row of trees. “Hey, Scotty.”

Scotty and his husband James stepped out from behind a massive Fraser fir. “Fancy meeting you here.”

Ty rested a hand on her brother’s shoulder. “This is my brother, Reed. Reed, these are my friends Scotty and James. They’re the ones who lent you the ski clothes.”

Reed shook their hands and said, “Thanks so much for the snazzy outfits. It saved me a bundle not to have to rent everything, and I’ve never looked so good.”

“Do you guys want to stop by the house tomorrow for a Christmas drink?” Ty asked.

“We’d love to,” Scotty replied.

After Scotty and James wandered off, Reed tugged on the limb of a tall, plump tree. “How about this one?” He checked its tag. “It’s a Douglas fir.”

Ty stood back and examined it. The tree was almost perfectly symmetrical. “Can you turn it so I can see the back?”

Reed did as she asked.

“It’s perfect,” Ty said. “I don’t see any bare areas.”

Ty paid for the tree while Reed and one of the stand’s employees used hairy brown twine to tie it to the roof of her Tesla.

“Do you want a wreath?” the cashier asked.

Ty eyed the vast array of wreaths tethered to the wire fence behind her. She pointed to a medium-sized one with a simple red velvet bow. “I’ll take that one.”

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