My Dad Said I Could Not Afford The Ski Resort Until The Manager Called Me Miss Thompson

it.”

“Already done,” he said. “With Christmas tree sugar cookies.”

“Of course it is,” I said.

I stood for another moment on the terrace, my coat gathered around me, the mountain cold on my face and the warm light of what I had built pressing against my back.

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