Chapter 61

Kiki waved back and then slid into the driver's seat of her own car, quickly turned the engine over, and listened as it roared to life. As she pulled the car out of the driveway and headed toward home, somehow, she didn't feel quite so alone.

Snow continued to fall through the headlights as she drove home, enjoying the Christmas decorations that stayed up all year long in support of the town, in an effort to keep the spirit of Christmas alive for the tourists.

A few minutes later, she pulled down the road leading to her ranch house. After her parents left, she bought the house from them, and made the payments directly to them. It seemed that over the past few years, the only time she ever heard from them was about the house. Kiki had thought of taking out a loan and paying her parents off, but never had enough money to make the down payment. Also, what bank would give a twenty-one-year-old woman a loan? But she had been saving and had good credit and was nearly ready. She made a ment