Dulcet St Mary was where the
Dulcet Garden Centre was located, which was where Jane Price
and Mandy Hubble first met, and was also where Jane fell head over
heels in love, with Mandy.
Jane had worked at the Garden
Centre since she left school but
Mandy joined as a new hire in
October, and was also new to Dulcet St Mary, and actually lived in the same
mews as Jane.
She was a year younger than
Jane, but like her she was socially awkward, and lacked confidence.
As a result, they just smiled at
each other for the first month, but at least sat at the same table for lunch,
and by December they progressed beyond monosyllabic conversations, and in the
week before Christmas they arranged to go Christmas shopping together in
Abbottsford.
Jane was a little concerned
there might be an awkward silence on the drive over, or at some point during
the day as they had never spent more than half an hour in each other’s company
before that day.
She needn’t have worried as
Mandy chattered away for the whole journey, as she was so full of excitement.
Jane had a lovely day, and she
was pretty sure that Mandy had too, so when they were heading back to the car
park, walking past the library, hands full of bags and chatting, Jane
formulated her plan.
Just after the library they
turned left by the art gallery and down a cobbled alley which led to the
carpark, then they put all their bags in the car and set off back to the
Dulcets.
Mandy was anxious to go and show
her mum her purchases, but Jane had other ideas.
So, when she parked outside her
cottage and they had retrieved all the bags, Jane locked the car and rushed up
the path to her front door.
“Come on Mandy” Jane called
“come in for a minute”
“Ok I’m coming” Mandy called
back “Just for five minutes though”
“Alright come in and close the
door” she said and went inside.
Mandy followed her in with bags
in each hand and closed the door behind her as instructed, but when she pushed
the sitting room door open, she found Jane standing in front of her holding up
a sprig of mistletoe, and before she could react Jane took her by surprise and
kissed her,
“I didn’t think we were doing
presents until next week”
Mandy said, dropped her bags and
kissed her back.
Mandy had stayed much longer
than five minutes when they shared a soft, gentle, and affectionate farewell
kiss, before Jane opened the door and Mandy went home to share her news with
her mum.
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