FALL IN LOVE AT CHRISTMAS
“If you’d been in that car, you might’ve died, too.”
“You don’t know that.”
“You don’t, either. That’s the point.”
Outside, the wind moaned as it slid beneath the eaves. But tonight, it sounded louder, like a desperate keening, as if even the house was weeping for what was ending.
“My little girl loves you,” Sparkle tried again. “I love you like I never loved a man before… Can you really let that go so easily?”
His gaze snapped to hers.
“I told you that earlier today. I actually thought that maybe I could risk it. Maybe there was a chance. And then Haze was hurt and my heart stopped.”
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