Yuletide Redemption. Jill Kemerer

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      “It’s good to have you back.”

      Nodding, he spun the chair and wheeled away. Rain still pounded against the glass door. He didn’t see Celeste’s minivan, so he waited near the entrance. Ever since his last doctor’s appointment a few months ago, he’d pushed aside the nagging worry that the fall in the shower had killed his chances at ever walking unassisted. After the last surgery, Dr. Curtis had warned him it might take two more years for him to heal. If he healed...

      But today Dr. Stepmeyer had assured him he just needed to keep working at it.

      His thoughts turned to the conversation earlier in the car. Sam had made the offer to accompany Celeste to the practices because he thought she needed a friend. And, if he was honest, because he’d been thinking about her more and more each day. He wanted to spend time with her. Enjoyed talking to her. She didn’t put pressure on him the way his family did.

      The fact she was avoiding the site of her accident didn’t surprise him. What did? How quickly she turned him down.

      He wasn’t used to women turning him down.

      Celeste’s red minivan stopped at the sidewalk. He pressed the button for the doors to automatically open. The handicap buttons were getting old. His life was getting old.

      Would Celeste have said yes if he wasn’t in a wheelchair?

      He didn’t know. He wasn’t sure he wanted to find out.