"TXT - Nora Roberts - Dream 02 - Holding The Dream" - читать интересную книгу автора (Roberts Nora)

members. The felt wreath with silver piping that had been Kate's first
and last sewing project. The homey and simple hung bough by bough with
the priceless antique ornaments Susan had collected from around the
world.

When it was done, they held their collective breath as Thomas turned off
the lamps. And the room was lit by firelight and the magic of the tree.

"It's beautiful. It's always beautiful," Kate murmured and slipped her
hand into Laura's.

Late that night when sleep eluded her, Kate wandered back downstairs.
She crept into the parlor, stretched out on the rug beneath the tree,
and watched the lights dance.

She liked to listen to the house, the quiet ticking of old clocks, the
sighs and murmurs of wood settling, the crackle of spent logs in the
hearth. Rain was falling in little needle stabs against the windows. The
wind was a whispering song.

It helped to lie there. The nerves over her exam the following day
slowly unknotted from her stomach. She knew everyone was tucked into
bed, safe, sound. She'd heard Laura come in from her drive with Peter,
and sometime later Josh returned from a date.

Her world was in order.

"If you're hanging out for Santa, you've got a long wait." Margo came
into the room on bare feet and settled down beside Kate. "You're not
still obsessing over some stupid math test, are you?"

"It's a midterm. And if you paid more attention to yours, you wouldn't
be skimming by with C's."

"School's just something you have to get through." Margo slipped a pack
of cigarettes out of her robe pocket. With every one in bed, it was safe
to sneak a smoke. "So, can you believe Josh is dating that cross-eyed
Leah McNee?"

"She's not cross-eyed, Margo. And she's built."

Margo huffed out smoke. Anyone not struck blind could see that compared
to Margo Sullivan, Leah was barely female. "He's only dating her because
she puts out."

"What do you care?"

"I don't." She sniffed and smoked and sulked. "It's just soтАж ordinary.
That's something I'm never going to be."