Love Lost, Love Found by Rebecca James
Chapter 1
Rod tossed a package to Dane, and Dane put it on top of the stack of brightly colored presents in the day room.
“Well, that’s the last of them.” Dane surveyed the boxes of gifts, all carefully wrapped and sorted, each promising a happy Christmas for a child in Riverbend.
“The next shift will deliver them all. I don’t know about you, but I’m beat.” Dane zipped up his jacket. “I can’t wait to get home to peace and quiet. I’ll see you guys Thursday.” He waved to his fellow firefighters, clocked out, and hurried through the whirlwind of snowflakes to where he’d parked his blue Dodge Ram at the back of Firehouse 6.
Dane pulled out of the parking lot onto the main road, the distant snowy peaks of the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance. T
