A few days before Christmas, David Weathers finds himself hopping a plane to his childhood home in Florida and doesn’t know why. His parents are gone, he has no siblings, yet something draws him on.<br><br>David can almost feel the magic in the air, but then he discovers Jared Acosta, the man who broke his heart twenty years earlier, has moved three doors away. Reluctantly David accepts Jared’s invitation to dinner, only to find that twenty years may not be enough for some wounds to heal.<br><br>Soon David seeks advice from his mother’s best friend Marisol, a vibrant, wise woman who believes in second chances. Can she convince David to take a chance on the man who is working so hard to be near him now? Will he be able to forgive a past that left both him and Jared unlucky in love?

Little Tree

When they were upstairs, exploring the room that would be David’s, the realtor pointed out a door on the far wall. Mrs. Whitmore opened it, and the sun burst in.


“Follow me, David,” she said. “I think you’re going to love this.”


“What is it?” David asked, intrigued.


“It’s a privacy porch,” Janet answered, walking around the outdoor space. “You can sunbathe, or just relax. You could even ask your parents to put some patio furniture out here.”


The porch was wooden and the size of a bedroom. There was no roof, but a waist-high, solid covering that matched the exterior of the house ran around the side so that if you were to sunbathe, no one would see you. The structure ran over the garage, adding a unique look to the house.


A few minutes later, they all stood in the great room. David’s mother moved around the wide-open space, her arms open to it.


“I think this is it. Isn’t it?” she asked, looking at both her husband and David.


Chapter 3