Home for the Holidays
READING AGE 18+
“F**k Christmas!” Neveah Uzzell hates the holiday season and for good reason. When she announced her pregnancy at Christmas when she was sixteen years, her family disowned her immediately. As if that wasn’t hurtful enough, her boyfriend and baby daddy dumped her later that night and Nevaeh hasn’t celebrated Christmas nor spoken to her family since. That is until she gets a phone call from her little brother that her mom died two days after Thanksgiving. Conflicted by anger, regret, and grief, Neveah agrees to return to Aurora Creek, hoping to mend things with her family. Sadly, the reunion with her father doesn’t go as planned. Realizing her homecoming was a mistake, she angrily leaves her family home and plans to return to her hotel to pack her bags and go back to Fieldcrest. However, she stops at a local bakery for some sweet treats for her and her son, Zion. There she meets Marcel Robinson, who’s handsome face and holiday cheer surprisingly pierces Nevaeh’s cold heart.Can Marcel’s cheerful holiday disposition and good bakery eats be enough for Nevaeh to believe in the magic of Christmas again and keep her home for the holidays?
Unfold
~ The Next Morning ~
Sunlight softly peeked through the clouds, while thick snow flurries fell from the sky. The snowfall started around 2 a.m.; the same time Tahj started pacing back and forth, staring at Nevaeh as she slept in his bed. Around seven that morning, Nevaeh rolled over to Tahj’s cold spot. She looked up and watched Tahj pacin……
Waiting for the first comment……