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 write tech manuals for software programs. A decade ago, I would have had to go into an office at least a few times a week, but most of us at my company do it at home now. They send me a program. I play with it and write a manual on how to use it. Someone else in the company works with me, and most of our communication is done online. If we need to talk, I pick up the phone, or we can meet. The office isn’t far and my partner lives nearby. We’re ahead of schedule, so I will not be doing any work any earlier than the fifth of January. I am free today, if that’s what you’re asking?”


“I actually am,” David said, as Jared put a small plate with a large piece of flan in front of him. “We’re different people now.”


“And so, I thought maybe we could get to know who those people are,” David said tentatively


“What exactly did you have in mind?” Jared asked, placing two cups of coffee on the table and sitting opposite David.


Chapter 18