Melody's Christmas by I. D. Johnson

Author:I. D. Johnson [Johnson, I. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, contemporary
ISBN: 9781973206422
Google: 2-9qDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B076RVXNKN
Goodreads: 39077184
Publisher: ID Johnson
Published: 2017-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The message at church was another one about the significance of Christmas, and while Melody knew there were lots of people in the congregation who wanted and needed to hear about how important Jesus’ birth was to the fate of the world, Melody was ready for the Christmas season to be over. Had she been sitting in this very pew listening to a similar sermon two years ago, not realizing her life was about to change forever? Likely so. Once Christmas was over, things would begin to get back to normal, and she wouldn’t spend so much of her time trying to remember what life must have been like before her dad passed away.

She’d seen Michael briefly before Sunday school and for a few moments before the service began. He had gotten up and left with the other children to attend children’s church when Pastor Kyle began his sermon. Now that the final invocation was over, most of the members would head over to another part of the building where they would have a luncheon and fellowship before practice for the festival began. She had brought a salad and dropped it off earlier, but she would not be staying. It seemed odd to leave; she’d attended the luncheon and practice for several Sundays leading up to the festival every year that she could remember except for last year. Now, with Michael there, with her mom staying behind, it seemed strange to just walk out the door, but there was really no reason for her to linger. She definitely wouldn’t be singing in the festival this year, or ever again for that matter.

Melody gathered up her coat and glanced around one more time. Her mother had already told her she’d see her later, and she saw her visiting with some friends as they made their way to the other part of the building. While it would be easy to just slip out the door, she knew Michael would keep looking for her if she didn’t go and tell him goodbye, so with a determination to only stay a few moments, she followed the crowd into the large open space near the kitchen where lots of tables had been set up and some of the older ladies were bustling about transferring the food from the kitchen to the serving tables

Michael was sitting between the little girl with the pigtails and Mrs. Gregory. Mr. Gregory was also there, as were the little girl’s parents, and whatever Michael was talking about, everyone was listening intently. As soon as he saw her, he paused, and a large smile transformed his face. “Hi, Miss Melody!”

“Hi, Michael.” She said hello to everyone else quickly before she returned her attention back to the little boy. “I just came to say I hope you have fun at rehearsal, and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“You’re not staying?” he asked, and the smile crumbled into a frown. “I thought you’d want to watch me sing.”

Melody felt her heart melt. “I’m sorry, sweetie.

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