Daniel's Dream

By Andi Anderson

Last year, eight-year-old Daniel made a fateful Christmas wish for him and his Uncle Josh to find someone special in their lives and bring them closer together. Daniel knows the day Nick entered his and his Uncle Josh’s lives it was nothing short of a Christmas miracle. Since the two men have been together, Daniel has basked in the love and affection his two favorite adults have given him.

When a school bully makes Daniel question whether the two men are truly committed to each other, he becomes worried the foundation of happiness his Uncle Josh and Nick have worked so hard to build may come crumbling down around them. Young Daniel craves the true stability from both men to officially pledge their lives and devotion together that he believes only a marriage ceremony can give.

All Daniel has ever wanted is to be an official family. Now all he has to do is convince Uncle Josh and Nick to do it, so his biggest dream can come true.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Oct 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781487404598

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Daniel dreams of a stable family life. Can he convince his Uncle Josh and his fiancée Nick to finally tie the knot and make Daniel’s biggest wish come true?

Last year, eight-year-old Daniel made a fateful Christmas wish for him and his Uncle Josh to find someone special in their lives and bring them closer together. Daniel knows the day Nick entered his and his Uncle Josh’s lives it was nothing short of a Christmas miracle. Since the two men have been together, Daniel has basked in the love and affection his two favorite adults have given him.

When a school bully makes Daniel question whether the two men are truly committed to each other, he becomes worried the foundation of happiness his Uncle Josh and Nick have worked so hard to build may come crumbling down around them. Young Daniel craves the true stability from both men to officially pledge their lives and devotion together that he believes only a marriage ceremony can give.

All Daniel has ever wanted is to be an official family. Now all he has to do is convince Uncle Josh and Nick to do it, so his biggest dream can come true.

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Daniel’s Dream

Copyright © 2015 Andi Anderson

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0459-8

Cover art by Latrisha Waters

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Daniel’s Dream

Men of Charlestown 3

By

Andi Anderson

Dedication

To all of my readers. Thank you.

To my husband. You are my dream come true. I love you.

Chapter One

Daniel watched the black secondhand of the clock slowly move up another minute toward three o’clock. Ever since spring break, the days at school seemed to be longer and longer. He decided he would rather eat yucky Brussel sprouts than sit in a classroom when it is sunny outside.

Fifteen more minutes.

He grabbed his pencil and started doodling on his sheet of notebook paper. Even though he knew he should be doing math right now, he couldn’t get himself to concentrate. He issued a small thank you to God—he had only one more week of school left this year. He couldn’t wait to be off for summer vacation. Daniel was excited to go swimming this summer. Uncle Josh and Nick had promised him they were going to buy him one of those fancy blow-up pools from Wal-Mart so they could swim all they wanted this summer. It was going to be awesome!

Daniel?

Daniel looked up into Mr. Thompson’s kind eyes and his face flushed guiltily. Gosh, he hated it when he got caught doing something he wasn’t supposed to do.

Yes, sir?

Will you and Andrew take the erasers outside and dust them off for me? Mr. Thompson asked as he obviously glanced at the page that Daniel had been doodling on.

Daniel’s face burned with embarrassment. His tongue itched to tell Mr. Thompson that he didn’t want to go anywhere with Andrew, but he found himself nodding reluctantly instead. He didn’t like being around Andrew. He was mean.

Daniel stood up and started gathering some erasers from the bottom of the chalkboard. He glanced over and noticed Andrew doing the same. He groaned inwardly as he walked to the door and waited for the other boy to join him. He watched Andrew grab the last couple of erasers and walk toward him.

Everything about Andrew made him nervous. From his spiky black hair to his stocky build, Andrew was the strongest boy Daniel had ever seen. To make matters worse, Andrew excelled in sports and by far was the smartest kid in class. Daniel wanted to be Andrew’s friend, but the young popular boy hated him for some reason and when he wasn’t making fun of Daniel, he ignored him.