Chapter 22
“C’MON MEGAN. MOMMY WILL ONLY be a few more minutes and then I’ll take you home and you can go right to bed.” Anika tugged on Megan’s hand and hurried her to the back of the store.
Lila had a family Christmas party to attend so she’d watched Megan until six and then dropped her off at Kenworth’s. It wasn’t perfect, but it was much better than entertaining a four-year old during a six-hour work shift. Hopefully she could make it through the night without anyone noticing Megan. With Cecilia gone most of her fears had also left, but she still wanted to show Kenworth’s that they had made the right choice in keeping her on. Anika’s shoulders were tight knots of stress and cords of tension over the fear of having her job threatened again because of her daughter.
“Is Santa coming to
