The Christmas Run-in
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Last published Tue, Dec 18, 2018
With a broken engagement, and nowhere to go on Christmas Eve, Sahar Bakhtiar takes refuge from the blizzard at a cozy cafe, down the street.
Enter Gabriel Cohen. A man in his early twenties, recently divorced and very much looking for love.
A graveyard bump-in, two cups of hot cocoa and an elderly woman playing cupid. Could sparks fly this Christmas Eve?
PS: This is a short story for @linalaurine 's Christmas Contest.
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