The Daily Novel

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Christmas holiday was approaching. Amy was decorating the tall Christmas tree, waiting for Jack to return home from work. Josh was next door, playing with his new friend Timmy.
Her father and Harriet would be coming over for dinner tonight. Over the past several months, Frank had found Jack to be a wonderful son-in-law [...]

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
On the third day, just as Jack had predicted, the phone rang about 9:30 in the morning. Amy was cleaning her kitchen for the hundredth time to keep busy, and Harriet was making some cinnamon rolls. She was taking time off from work as well, so she could be with Amy.
Amy flew to answer [...]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Herschel Prudot drove up to Amy’s house and parked out front. He looked at the one-story frame house and tried to get a sense of the woman who lived there. Herschel was good at his job, and this was an exercise he did on all of his potential clients. The place where someone lived [...]

CHAPTER TWELVE
The next day Amy told Jack all about their trip and about the flat tire incident. He didn’t like that very much at all. “Next time you two decide to go anywhere, I’m coming along.”
“I wish you would have,” Amy said coquettishly. She was getting frustrated at this halfway-dating game they were playing.
“How about [...]

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Jack finally returned from his trip. He got back to business and started straightening out all the papers and documents that had piled up in his absence.
Three weeks was a long time to be away. He hardly had time to speak to Amy what with his in-basket overflowing. Nevertheless, Amy managed to pop her [...]

CHAPTER TEN
When Jack made it to his hotel from the airport, the first thing he did was to call Green Gables and ask to speak to Amy.
He told her that he’d made the trip just fine and in essence talked to her as he would have talked to his wife. As they spoke, he rubbed [...]

CHAPTER NINE
As Jack got ready for bed that night, he re-lived the pleasant visit with Amy and her son. What an enjoyable time he’d had. He’d wanted to stay longer and get to know Amy a little better, but then Josh had gotten sick.
Oh what a mess! Jack had never experienced anything like that since [...]

CHAPTER EIGHT
Jack was leaving town for his trip by the end of the week, and Amy couldn’t let him go without letting him know how she felt.
She went to his office and rapped lightly on the door.
“Come in,” he said.
Amy walked in and shut the door behind her. “Jack, can I ask a favor of [...]

CHAPTER SEVEN
The light gray sky promised snow would be falling before the day was out. How perfect for the day before Christmas Eve. The Green Gables Home was throwing their annual afternoon Christmas party for the staff and patients.
Surprisingly, Amy found herself alone with Jack in the kitchen. He was helping her prepare the cookies [...]

CHAPTER SIX
Amy tossed and turned in her bed. Opening her eyes, she saw that the clock read 2:35. She sighed and willed herself back to sleep. She was having the nicest dream…. Jackson Sinclair. His face floated through her mind like a gauzy shadow.
Her heart started to pound, and her breath quickened. He was so [...]