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He stared at her

Playing in the snoas so he’d never done, but what he often saw other kids do, even now He never allowed himself the luxury of play Grace made it hard for him to want to deny her

“Ten h, then you both come in”

James jumped up and down

“I’ll be right back” Grace disappeared froloith happiness

He needed to fix Christmas so his nephew had some presents His sister would have made sure her son loved this time of year She always told him that her son would love Christmas

“How are you, son?” he asked

“I’ood Grace and I baked more cookies”

“You’re spoiling my men”

Jaet a chance to ask e jacket “Come on Stand up”

“Seriously?”

“Yes” She rushed to his side Rather than wait for him, she pulled hie, ugly jacket, and then continued to wrap a scarf around his neck, tug a hat on his head, and even put gloves on his hands “There You’re going to be war and a kiss

He wondered if she even realized what she was doing He didn’t point it out and followed her outside with James

Caleb hated that just the action of putting on a coat nearly made him smile

Ja to mound up a ball of snow

Grace laughed as they both kept adding more snow James joined her and the tere utterly infectious

Ti his balls off

“You really are a stick in theto involve you actually doing so to love it”