The Sleight Before Christmas (Holiday Hijinx, #2)

by Kate Stewart

“Just remember when times get hard, when your problems are blinding you, that you’re on a floating planet in the middle of a vast galaxy filled with the unexplainable, and the only thing holding you to it is an invisible force you can’t see.”

He’s all I’ve thought about since I walked through my door after driving back from college. Meeting him in that shed is the only thing I’ve had to look forward to since—besides being home.

I walk her in front of the Christmas tree and pull her into my arms, and after twenty-two years, I dance with her. We’ve probably danced twice in our entire marriage. Both times at our weddings, but I dance with her tonight not out of obligation or because it’s expected but, in truth, because I fucking want to. Like I did all those years ago. Because when I saw Ruby and Allen dancing that night, Serena’s want became my own. It became my hope for us, even if I was terrified to both want and admit it.