Mistletoe In Montana: A Christmas Novella by Belle Calhoune

Author:Belle Calhoune [Calhoune, Belle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Hometown 0f Merry Montana, Novella Short Story, Christmas Holidays & Celebration, Christmas Time, Holiday Whimsy, Festive Season, Winter Weather, Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty
Publisher: Belle Calhoune Books
Published: 2015-10-20T04:00:00+00:00

Christmas music blared on the radio as cookie preparations were in full swing. Luke tapped his foot on the kitchen floor to the beat of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” one of his all-time favorite holiday songs. He didn’t know if it was due to the special circumstances of Brenna being home for Christmas, but the song resonated with him. Every word. Every verse.

“One cup of sugar. Two eggs,” Luke read the ingredients from the Christmas cookbook he had pulled off the shelf a few minutes ago. He was trying to be helpful so that he could aid in the baking of the sugar cookies.

“Don’t worry about the ingredients, Luke. I know this recipe by heart,” Brenna said. “We spent our childhood making sugar cookies.”

“Me too,” Luke admitted. “But I could never remember the recipe by heart. A few times I tried to wing it and the results were downright disgusting.” He shuddered at the memory.

Daphne, Lizette and Brenna all laughed.

“Seriously. Do you know how bad sugar cookies have to be for growing boys not to eat them?” Luke joked.

“Did someone set the oven?” Lizette asked as she mixed the ingredients for her batch of cookies in a big red bowl.

“Oops. That was my job. I forgot,” Daphne squealed as she darted toward the stove.

Luke glanced down at his red and white frilly apron. The girls had insisted that they all wear silly Christmas aprons. Luke had begrudgingly put it on. The words ‘Kiss the Elf’ was printed on the front. Maybe Brenna would see those words and seek inspiration from them. For the life of him he couldn’t stop thinking about kissing Brenna last night. The kiss had been powerful. It had reminded him of the good old days.

And even though it might sound strange to most people if he voiced it out loud, it had helped to soothe the bitterness of the past. Little by little he was realizing that Brenna had matured and grown over the last eight years. She had been barely twenty years old when they had gotten engaged. Would she have made a good wife for him? Would he have been a worthy husband? Or had their youthful relationship been doomed by immaturity from the very beginning?

On some level he had forgiven her, although he couldn’t pretend as if those old hurts were fully healed. Being here with her this afternoon and doing something light-hearted and fun showed him that they could be in each other’s orbit without the past swallowing them up. He was enjoying himself and the easy camaraderie they shared.

Whenever a great Christmas song came on they all hooted and hollered, then began singing at the top of their lungs. They had decided to have a cookie bake-off, with each of them making a separate batch of cookies. Luke looked down at his bowl of ingredients and frowned. He may have gotten a wee bit ambitious in trying to recreate his mother’s famous gingersnap cookies. He let out a sigh. It was too late to turn back now.

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