Sarah nodded, and then I heard Mindi’s frustrated voice inside.
“She’s in the living room on the phone.She’s upset.”
“Oh, how come?”I asked, stepping inside while Sarah closed the front door.
“Gabe and Connor can’t deliver the trees to the people in town today.Apparently, they had a farm emergency.”
I glanced around the corner to see Mindi pacing back and forth as she spoke on the phone.I lifted my hand and waved to her only to have her ignore me, turn around, and go back to her conversation.
“See what I mean?”Sarah said, pulling the cat she held closer to her.“Bad mood.”
“Who’s this?”I questioned, patting the cat on the head.
“Sparkles, Mindi’s cat.She is my best friend.”
“Hi, Sparkles.Don’t the two of you worry, I’ll help Mindi,” I said, winking at Sarah.
I stepped out of my snowy boots and made my way over to where Mindi stood looking down at the table.
“Good morning,” I greeted, stepping up beside Mindi.
“Is it?I hadn’t noticed.”She sighed.
“It is,” I said, pulling her car key from my pocket and holding it out to her.
“What?”she said, raising her glassy eyes to mine.
“You dropped your car key in my truck last night.”
“I did?”she asked, grabbing her keychain.
“I looked at your car this morning too.You shouldn’t ignore your spark plugs,” I whispered, watching as a smile slowly crept onto her face.
“That’s what was wrong?”she questioned.
“That’s all.It fired up right away the moment I changed them.I also put some oil in there too; it was a little low.You’ll need to get it in for service soon, but you’ll be fine for a bit, at least until after Christmas.”
“Thank you,” she said immediately, wrapping her arms around me in a tight hug.
“No need to thank me.Now, what else is going on?Sarah said something about deliveries.”
“Yeah, Gabe Bentley and Connor Darling, they help each year since the Potts Tree Farm truck went down, but this morning, there was an emergency, and they both needed to tend to it.So, I’m down for deliveries on one of the busiest weekends of the holiday season.”She sighed.
“Well, it looks like a holiday angel is looking over your shoulder.I just happen to have my truck outside, and Zach is here with me.I think between the two of us, we could probably get the trees delivered.”
“No, I couldn’t ask you to do that after you fixed?—”
I shook my head and reached out, placing both of my hands on her shoulders, stopping her from continuing.“You aren’t asking, I’m offering.Now, could I get the list of deliveries?”
She studied me for a moment and then grabbed the list off the table, handing it to me.
“Now, some of these can wait?—”
“No, they can’t.They are due to be delivered today, and we will get them done.I won’t have people being disappointed at this time of year.I’ll have Zach call Iris and explain, and between the two of us, we will get them all delivered.”I winked.
I went to head back to the door when I felt Mindi grab hold of my arm, stopping me.I turned and looked at her to see a soft smile spread across her face.
“Thank you,” she whispered.
