"Well to me hon, you were always very pretty. Tom Boy notwithstanding."
"I knew you would say that and that is why I went out of my way to make myself so pretty for you tonight. You noticed right?"
"Yes of course," he replies gently as she snuggle back against him. He has never loved her so much as he does now at this very moment.
By the time they reach a small clearing deep into the woods, they are both pleasantly buzzed from the magic of this glorious Christmas Eve they are sharing. The clearing is only a few minutes away from a larger clearing a mile or so away from the summit of Miller's Peak which is their final destination before turning around and heading back.
Mr. Garrett has paused at the clearing to the give the horse a brief rest. Leading out of the clearing are two separate
