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“Thank you,” Nic said as Amity rushed back to them. “How long are you in town?”
“The whole Christmas season,” Santa said. “I’ll be heading out on Christmas Eve like last time.”
“I’ve been meaning to ask you about that,” Nic said. “You just disappeared. You walked past the mistletoe, and you were gone. How did you do that?”
Santa smiled at him. Then he did the same thing he did that evening at the Mexican restaurant. He put his finger in front of his mouth in the “Shhhh” gesture. Then, with a shrug, he smiled and turned his full attention to the stage.
As Nic and Charity moved back to the crowd, he settled Amity on his shoulders so she could see. Charity pushed Oliver in his stroller, continuing to move it back and forth even after she’d stopped so he didn’t wake up. Something told her to look back at Santa, but she knew what she’d find. Sure enough, Santa was no longer back there.
She turned back to Nic and whispered, “Santa’s gone.”
He turned and looked, then chuckled. “I’m starting to think that guy really is Santa.”
“I’m just glad he’s back in town,” Charity said. “Magic seems to happen when he’s here.”
Smiling, Charity faced front. She liked the idea of another round of twenty-somethings falling in love, maybe even kissing under the mistletoe. In fact, maybe she should get together with Noelle and buy up some bushels, then hang them all over town.
It had worked last time. She and Nic were proof of that.
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