Chapter 4The Christmas movie marathon, interrupted by walks for Pippa, kept my mind off Jason’s weird goodbye the evening before. I texted him a “good morning,” which he replied to, but neither of us said anything else. I knew he had to work half a day because it had been mentioned in the group thread days before, so I didn’t want to bother him while he was busy.
I was just relieved he’d responded at all.
Movie after movie, I lost myself in the holiday spirit, even as I kept one eye on the clock. Because after three days, I was expecting a delivery today. I tried to tell myself not to, that I wasn’t entitled to anything at all, but I couldn’t help it. I wanted that delivery. I wanted to see what my holiday treat fairy had in store for me today.
Since yesterday’s delivery had been later,
