The Object of His Affection

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The Object of His Affection

Excerpt:
It was coldâ€”so miserably cold. Athena knew by the numbness in her own fingers and toes that Annabelâ€™s, Martaâ€™s, and Bronwenâ€™s must be frozen stiff. Yet she hoped that their merrimentâ€”in singing Christmas carols on the doorsteps or in the parlors of those who opened their doors or invited them inside for a momentâ€”would offset their discomfort. After all, a happy heart warmed many a frigid soul, as well as ice-cold appendages.

As a child, Athena had adored caroling. It was with warm fondness that she thought back on all those Christmas seasons of the past when her entire family would carol to their neighbors. Always her mother had made puddings, cakes, and other sweet treats to bring with them, to give as gifts of affection to their kind townsfolk and friends. And once the caroling was at an end, the Monroe familyâ€”Athenaâ€™s father, mother, and sisters Annabel, Marta, and Bronwenâ€”would return to their own home to sit before the fire and enjoy roasted chestnuts and wassail.

But this Christmas seasonâ€”the season that had always been bright and shining, the season that had always been to Athena a time to consider others, to give and serveâ€”this Christmas season was stark in opposition!

Never had Athena imagined that she would find herself in such dire, desperate circumstances as she did then. As she followed her younger sisters to the next door on the row of lovely housesâ€”houses so similar to the one in which she and her sisters had spent only the very last Christmas seasonâ€”she hoped that the next kind family to open the door might offer her sisters (and herself as well) a token of goodwillâ€”a warm mug of wassail, a small butter biscuit, anything for their stomachs...

Country	USA
Author	Marcia Lynn McClure
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Distractions Ink LLC
Manufacturer	Distractions Ink LLC
NumberOfPages	96
PublicationDate	2015-05-13
Publisher	Distractions Ink LLC
ReleaseDate	2015-05-13
Studio	Distractions Ink LLC

The Object of His Affection

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