THE sadness Minah felt vanished instantly with the gentle kiss Asher gave her.
Even as they arrived home at Moore Mansion, the strange thumping in her chest didn’t go away.
One thing she noticed was that Asher wasn’t grumpy with her while they were at Riverway Oval enjoying the Carols by Candlelight. She could still hear the live performances from the event in her head.
It was such a shame she couldn’t bring Paul along. He missed out on one of Townsville’s annual Christmas traditions.
But if Paul had been with them, she was certain they wouldn’t have had their alone moments together. Even with so many people at the Riverway festival, it was still different being just the two of them.
That was something she wouldn’t forget.
The difference was that when she was seventeen and Ashe
