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

“I wish,” Jared said, even the little smile now gone.


“Okay. Let’s do this,” David said. “We’re both going to feel better on that plane.”


Jared sat quietly for a moment, as if he were about to say something. David looked at him, waiting, quizzical. The car behind them drove off, the driver beeping and screaming something obscene as he went.


“I love you,” Jared finally said. “I really, really love you.”


“You better,” David answered, laughter still in his voice. “You’re about to spend a really long time with me.”


Jared nodded and David closed the door. David stood there, waiting for him to pull off, but Jared motioned for him to go on. When he reached the sliding glass doors, David looked back and saw that Jared was still there. He rolled down the car window, made a kiss with his mouth, and drove away.


Chapter 10