Chapter 42

Cal

One year later

"They're calling for another blizzard tonight," I tell Noelle as I walk into the lobby of The Gingerbread House.

She giggles, waggling her eyebrows toward me. "Maybe there'll be one and we can stay in the same cabin we did last year."

I walk closer to her. "Maybe we should make it a yearly tradition."

She's holding our daughter on her hip, an impish grin on her face. "Maybe I could make that happen."

Just as she says those words, Danny comes in to relieve her. I reach out, shaking hands with him. "Thanks for helping us."

"Not a problem." He shakes my hand. "How's the little family doing?" He wiggles his fingers at our daughter. She coos at him then giggles when he walks up to her and tickles her stomach.

"We're good," Noelle answers him. "If you need anything, we'll be in long-term cabin three."

"I won't need anything,” Danny replies.