A VERY GREY CHRISTMAS by T.A. Foster
Kissing Eden,
book #3
November 2014
BOOK
SUMMARY
BOOK SUMMARY
I was getting
ready to spend the single most important holiday of the year alone. Completely
and utterly alone.
That meant he
wouldn’t be there Christmas Eve. No making Christmas cookies, or listening to
my dad sing off-key while my mom bustled around wrapping last-minute gifts. No
decorating the tree. No midnight Christmas kiss.
No waking up in
Grey’s arms. We were actually going to spend our very first Christmas in
different states.
That was until
Grey gave me the most unexpected gift of my life.
About the Author
T.A. Foster once spent a monthlong spring break on South Padre Island,
where she soaked in the Texas sun, beach, and learned what real Texas country
music is. Sometimes fiction does spring from reality.
She grew up catching rays and chasing waves along the North Carolina
Outer Banks and now resides in the state with her adventurous pilot
husband, two children, and two canine kiddos.
T.A. has an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a graduate degree in
Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University. When she’s not chasing
her two-legged and four-legged children or trying to escape for date night, you
can find her reading, writing, or planning her next beach trip.
Author Links:
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A VERY GREY CHRISTMAS
EXCERPT
The woods were quiet as if the snowy
blanket had hushed all the usually sounds. Grey and I walked side by side along
the trail.
“So this is
where you used to play?”
“Yes, the other
neighborhood kids and I would take the trail to the park. Our parents weren’t
worried because we didn’t have to be on any major roads. It was like we had our
own secret path.
“It’s
completely different here than the island.” He looked up at the trees towering
overhead. Snow drifted from the limbs as a squirrel scampered up the side.
“Yeah, it is. I
miss the trees.” The beach was beautiful, but sometimes I missed the canopy of
the woods.
“I hadn’t
really thought about it before.” Grey was quiet.
I reached for
his hand through our padded gloves. “I love Texas. You know that, right? And
sometimes I’m going to miss being here, but that doesn’t mean I have any
regrets. Being with you is where I want to be.”
He stopped me
in the middle of the trail. For a moment, I worried I had said something that
hurt his feelings. All I wanted to do was reassure him that living with him was
the best decision I ever made.
“Sometimes I
worry that you’ll want to come back here. That it’s not enough.” His eyes were
dark. “That we’re not enough.”
I shook my
head. “I don’t want you to ever think that. I can’t believe you would worry.”
“Your parents
are great. You have all these memories here. Friends. Neighbors. Your whole
life is here.”
I pulled the
glove from my hand and traced the side of his face. It felt frozen out of the
warmth of my glove. “Grey, I have all of that with you in Padre. Well maybe not
the parents part, but I’ll still see them and I talk to them every week. It was
time for me to move out and live my own life. I wanted that life to be with
you.”
I heard a branch
crack in the distance. It was a sharp splintering sound in the quiet woods.
My words must
have soothed his doubts, because his mouth descended on mine. I wrapped my arms
around his neck, reaching on my toes to bring our bodies closer. I started to
laugh.
“What’s so
funny?” He brushed the snow from my face.
“We are in
twenty layers of sweaters and coats.” I tugged at his scarf.
“True.” He
chuckled.
I retrieved my
glove and fanned my fingers, trying to get them covered again. “Come on. Let me
show you the park. Unless you want to take me back and get out of all these
clothes.”
He laughed.
“Nice try. Tonight, baby. We’ve got all night.”
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