Bethany
I couldn’t believe Christmas was only a week away. Why did it seem like time was speeding up? I hadn’t even found time to go shopping for Christmas presents.
It seemed like Raphael had been extra busy too. He had meeting after meeting, both online and locally. Some days he spent entirely up at the resort on the mountain, and didn’t come home until late at night. On those nights, I would prepare two plates and leave them on the back of the stove, even though they probably ate out with their business associates. The food was always gone in the morning, and the plates washed and left to dry in the strainer.
Rachel was still staying in the guest room, but things between her and Raphael were noticeably strained since Gabe had let everyone know that they had once been romantical
