A Snowglobe Christmas: Yuletide Homecoming / A Family's Christmas Wish. Lissa Manley. Читать онлайн. Newlib. NEWLIB.NET

Автор: Lissa Manley
Издательство: HarperCollins
Серия:
Жанр произведения: Современные любовные романы
Год издания: 0
isbn: 9781472000996
Скачать книгу
I’m confused,” she murmured. “I want to get over myself. I want to be happy for Mom. I want to get over Rafe.”

      There it was. The deep wound that wouldn’t heal. She’d never gotten over the heartbreak of losing Rafe no matter where she went or what she did. Tonight, seeing her mom with a man, happy and fluttery and falling in love, brought the issue to a head.

      She wanted what her mother had found, but she was too scared of getting hurt again to do anything about it.

      Chapter Seven

      The song “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” drifted from the shop’s piped-in music as Amy locked up for the night.

      “Appropriate,” she muttered with a glance out at the heavy snow falling on the nearly abandoned streets. The wind had picked up, along with the snow, and the meteorologist said they were in for a storm. Across the street, Hank Redford battled the wind, head down, as he hurried from his pharmacy to his car. They might be in for another blizzard.

      Going to the back, she emptied and washed the urn, sealed the leftover pumpkin cookies, and tidied up. The last customer had come and gone, along with her mother who’d gone off to Kalispell hours ago with Jeffrey. A little worry niggled and Amy prayed they’d have a safe return.

      As she moved toward the front, turning off little trees and fragrance burners as she went, she heard a sound above the wind. Scratch. Scratch. Scratch. She cocked her head, eyes squinted to listen. Not tree limbs. There were no trees near enough.

      Curious, Amy rounded the sales counter to find a sad-faced dog staring at her through the front door glass. “You poor thing. You’re shivering.”

      Though Mom would not take kindly to a large dog inside the shop of delicate merchandise, Amy’s tender heart got the better of her. She opened the door. Wind and snow whipped inside so fast it took Amy’s breath. She shivered, too.

      The dog waited for no invitation. She rushed inside and shook herself.

      Snow sprayed Amy’s clothes and sprinkled the tile floor with wet drops. “You’re going to get us both in a lot of trouble. Sit.”

      To her surprise, the dog plopped down on her bottom. She was a large mixed breed, brindle brown with floppy ears and expressive liquid eyes that stared desperately at Amy. In a second, she was up again, pacing in circles, her sides heaving. Amy saw the problem. The dog was pregnant. Very pregnant.

      Amy rushed to the back for a towel. When she returned the dog was behind the counter, scratching scattered pieces of wrapping paper into one spot.

      “Good thing I haven’t swept yet. You’re making a bed, aren’t you, girl? And not a very comfy one.” Amy added the towel atop the wadded papers and then went back for a few more, along with a roll of paper towels, a plastic cup of water and the pumpkin cookies. The poor dog looked hungry and cold and about to deliver puppies.

      Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.

      Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».

      Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес.

      Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEBLAEsAAD/4RbgRXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgABwESAAMAAAABAAEAAAEaAAUA AAABAAAAYgEbAAUAAAABAAAAagEoAAMAAAABAAIAAAExAAIAAAAUAAAAcgEyAAIAAAAUAAAAhodp AAQAAAABAAAAnAAAAMgAAAEsAAAAAQAAASwAAAABQWRvYmUgUGhvdG9zaG9wIDcuMAAyMDE1OjA4 OjEzIDEwOjE5OjQ1AAAAAAOgAQADAAAAAQABAACgAgAEAAAAAQAABlGgAwAEAAAAAQAACgAAAAAA AAAABgEDAAMAAAABAAYAAAEaAAUAAAABAAABFgEbAAUAAAABAAABHgEoAAMAAAABAAIAAAIBAAQA AAABAAABJgICAAQAAAABAAAVsgAAAAAAAABIAAAAAQAAAEgAAAAB/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABI AAD/7QAMQWRvYmVfQ00AAf/uAA5BZG9iZQBkgAAAAAH/2wCEAAwICAgJCAwJCQwRCwoLERUPDAwP FRgTExUTExgRDAwMDAwMEQwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwBDQsLDQ4NEA4OEBQO Dg4UFA4ODg4UEQwMDAwMEREMDAwMDAwRDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDP/AABEI AIAAUQMBIgACEQEDEQH/3QAEAAb/xAE/AAABBQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAADAAECBAUGBwgJCgsBAAEF AQEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAEAAgMEBQYHCAkKCxAAAQQBAwIEAgUHBggFAwwzAQACEQMEIRIxBUFRYRMi cYEyBhSRobFCIyQVUsFiMzRygtFDByWSU/Dh8WNzNRaisoMmRJNUZEXCo3Q2F9JV4mXys4TD03Xj 80YnlKSFtJXE1OT0pbXF1eX1VmZ2hpamtsbW5vY3R1dnd4eXp7fH1+f3EQACAgECBAQDBAUGBwcG BTUBAAIRAyExEgRBUWFxIhMFMoGRFKGxQiPBUtHwMyRi4XKCkkNTFWNzNPElBhaisoMHJjXC0kST VKMXZEVVNnRl4vKzhMPTdePzRpSkhbSVxNTk9KW1xdXl9VZmdoaWprbG1ub2JzdHV2d3h5ent8f/ 2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/AOxf1IWncKoAEH3ifHwSGUd2jBr/AC29p7/2VeGFVbc/aK63MY0MljXN3OLv c5nt3fRWcbOq5ouabGP9F8BprbuAa91LnWs+i1zn0Wen6dn0FlZfvmKBlLmeIj9GGKEpS/5jcEsE pARxVfWU5f8AfL2WvscSGgQJjcD4D/vyrZeXTh1NtyPaxz2VyCD7rC1rP+r96qdUu9W+jCa30hkC x15ZILa6xsc32e79LdZW1UM9mbeKKsdjMzCrLHENc31WPpI2n1S8797fpsf/AOZqxjxc+QJDmgYG j6cWPiMfm0/VfusM54RxAYvUNPml83+M9CWPJkx4DUdp/wDIojXuY5r4ECPzguYt+1vseMqy0XdR t4q/weLW4v8ARo9I7q3XOfVTY/2fzn01cb1dt91foOONUXN9S+6uWsa4bh+hJH9Rz7P0Vf8AwiX3 f4mR/uuINbe1i/8AVaPdwdcR/wAaX/fO42xzSXbZB0jcPI/9+QnOc924AQdIkeTe6xq+vH7XmvdQ 63GqJdQ1o2wxh9P9N6vpe693qWfS/m2fQYi/b62MbTZabX1tf6uVs2tsNYnI9MNLv0Vf5n5n/C2J QwfEjVc3Gq/zWP8A9Vp93lz/AJI/40v++dMl4bMDy9wP+vCE+yHEEcGDr3CysnrLbKGHGBGVlOay lr2FoAJ9P13s0Zt9rtnv/TK464bi3w5T/Y+JHbnI9P8AJY5f+o1DLy3+ZJ/w5f8AfJ/V8vyJIPrj 9xv3pJfdfif/AIsh/wCE4/8AvV3u8p/mZf48n//Q7Lq7BbYaSSGuY0uAMTBd7T/WaXMWTn/YqwzI yb349rANzyQ5vsDWb249bH/4Oun+bZ6H6L/jfU1OrkNy2gc+mPyqhdjY194ddX6jmgck7SA7ezew HZZsf7/0jVVycvjnIzN3pxUajKv3v/QWYTkABGv8Jw8+7AzvWuuvsxX2WV10NvZbWwY7TutuuvFb mepfc77R6bv+DV6/6t32V2HFvrvpss9RrGE1sLP9G51DntdvYGN3/wAhP1pz3X3MJM1M9SzlxDAz 13v2tDnO/RfuMVF/q1Cm9p2+pubW+pwlxrfXjN+zuZ/x1P8AOfo7f5xaGLFY3GvQhrGtSdU+RiZ9 Notya7NgZsDayQ0AFpg20n1HfR9+9RwLce3qeH6rGvsZYBLtSI9zf9Xq3i9X620V212MzqHuFTXE bi97n2UMbW79BZ/P0+nu/wCKs/wtSPX1rp+VbU7MxWU22yca1pFhJDGZGjA1ltb2V30v2v8A9J6f 01JehBiD5G/+kpqV+pj49Qsdsuqq22Ndr7n+5+o9vusUMl+PkOpdYBY9rQGtOgDYb9Lb7HfR9zFc yum9Oyrnl2a5trLfRcwM4eN7nV+nH5zaLP0qq5HTs1oaG2VZdeK07HEPY5rNrc3ZVtG21no2Ndsr /wBJ6X6NOhwcIjfnfZHmh9PE2EbYDdob7nS3Z7q9m4lrdv8AIRa7KmVtYww0AADXSPzPcXep/Xcq uS3PqYara3iov3H2FrN4Ardt0/se9AN7WjSJbzGvfRPGMbxA+irDo+sP3klS3jwP3j/ySSXteX+K usP/0eu6u8fbGjxqH5Sqdb2+ttdrx7Zide6n1x4b1AeVIM/MqjU+MrUeH/VKGRoFkjuGt1UZAyg0 vi+kPc7KY8UbX2vNtGywtbXX6OTkWV07/fket6SrMtycph9Gqpgc+i5lYcyDZZc/Pocz3Veja7G9 ev0m/o7Gev6nofoa0Tr2QwZF+PYHinJNZc9kbmmk