It Came Upon A Midnight Clear: a smalltown novella (8/9)

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Chapters 7-9

Chapters 10-12

Chapters 13-15

Chapters 16-18

Chapters 19-21

22. Say It With Flowers

Lacey dropped Jack off at Joe Manzetti’s and drove with two fingers on the steering wheel all the way to Faith’s. Every time she passed a house with some sort of holiday decoration, she made a note in grease pen on a clipboard next to her on the seat.

Faith was already outside waiting for her, garbed in black from head to toe. She settled into the passenger side and grinned.

“I’m a...