Chapter 24 Magic

• *Patrick*
• Mistletoe Mountain’s Christmas Eve party never seemed special before. I hadn’t actually been to it since my parents died. Before that, I was young and I generally had fun, but I didn’t fully appreciate it until I went with Holly.
• When I was dating Emily, she always insisted that I use Christmas Eve as a vacation day. She didn’t work, of course, and I always ended up just following her around shopping or whatever she felt like doing. I would see pictures that friends shared on social media and I would be interested in going. But even when I asked Emily if we could go, she would just say that she already made plans for us out of town or something.