Chapter 5Ash could tell Rafael didn’t want to have a second look at the cards, but he had that niggling feeling.
“Found it!” Megan came back, carrying an ugly, green Christmas tree stand. With a triumphant smile, she put it on the ground. “Put it in, Rafael.” She grinned and squatted to fiddle with the screws keeping the tree in place. Ash left her to it and only half-listened to her instructions to Rafael.
Soon the tree was standing on its own and Megan was beaming. “Look at that! Soon it’ll feel like Christmas in your house too, Ash.” She bumped into him, gently to make sure he didn’t lose his balance.
“I’m sure it will.” He didn’t care one way or the other, but if it made her happy—“Poor Rafael will decorate it.” He winked at Rafael and turned to walk in. His feet were getting damned
