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Grant returned to the house a few hours later with a silly grin plastered to his face He wouldn’t tellthe entire tiuests began to arrive before I could quiz hireeted me like an old friend She clucked syh she pointed out if ould have listened to her in the first place, it wouldn’t have happened I had to agree with her, although having a bu held in Grant’s arms

I lost track of Grant as ie and June introducedAfter a while, I stopped trying to re ie and her friends when Grant found me

"Are you ready for your surprise?" he whispered in my ear

"Yes," I shivered as his breath tickledher back in a fewhed collectively We paused in the hallway and he setme out the front door I’ when he told ed to shock eous Clydesdale horse attached to a beautiful carriage Tie awaitsme on the other side He tucked a couple blankets around our laps as Tied the horse to move

"How did you know?" I asked

"Knohat?" he asked, placing an arm around my shoulder

"This has always been my Christ attention? I rerade when Ms McMillan had us all write our Christmas wishes on the board Your wish that year was to ride on a horse-drawn carriage on Christmas," he said

Tears welled up in my eyes "You made my Christmas wish come true," I said, enchanted as I looked up at hiht? Grant--the boy who had teasedI had wished for al eyes Grant caught it with his thumb

"Jams, I want to make all your wishes co my mouth with his

I didn’t tell him he already had