Three Wishes

By SR Silcox

Three best friends, a waterlogged chicken and a surprise Christmas visitor. Sophie, Mac and Kate have a Christmas they won't soon forget.

Sophie surprises her friends, Kate and Mac, with her confession that she still believes in Santa. Despite their teasing, Sophie vows to prove that Santa exists.
Will an unforeseen disaster derail Sophie's plans? Can Kate get her priorities right? And can unbeliever Mac deliver the Christmas gift Sophie never knew she wanted?

• Language: English
• Publisher: SR Silcox
• Release date: Oct 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9780992412609

SR Silcox

S R Silcox grew up as a child of the 1980s and a teen of the 1990s. She played cricket in the summer and soccer in the winter, all the while with a cap glued firmly to her head. She loves team sports, and barracks for the underdog. Her favourite form of cricket is the Test Match, but she loves the smash and crash of the WBBL and BBL T20s. (#TurnUpTheHeat) Her favourite authors include J K Rowling, Malinda Lo, John Green and Hugh Howey.

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Three Wishes

S.R. Silcox

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Three Wishes

SR Silcox

Copyright SR Silcox 2013

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For my wife, who believed when I didn’t.

Contents

1.Chapter 1

2.Sophie's Letter

3.Chapter 2

4.Chapter 3

5.Kate's Letter

6.Chapter 4

7.Chapter 5

8.Mac's Letter

9.Chapter 6

10.Chapter 7

11.Chapter 8

12.Chapter 9

13.Chapter 10

14.Dashing All the Way

15.About Three Wishes

About the Author

Chapter 1

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Dec 22

Sophie hung a gold bauble in an empty spot on her Christmas tree and stood back to admire her work. Does it look like there’s too much gold? she asked Kate, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor untangling a strip of tinsel.

Kate looked up and said, Looks fine to me.

Mac?

What? Mac was stretched out on the lounge flicking absently through a magazine.

The Christmas tree. What do you think?

Mac looked up, shrugged, and said, Looks good. She went back to her magazine. Sophie sighed. No one loved Christmas as much as she did. Her friends could at least show a bit of enthusiasm, especially since the decorations would make the Christmas lunch they were having in her apartment so much more festive. She swapped a gold bauble for a red felt ribbon, considered swapping it back, but decided to leave it. She’d have another look tomorrow to make sure it was perfect. Thinking of tomorrow, she said to Kate, Are you coming by after work to help me with the nibblies?

I can’t.

Kate…

Kate picked at a knot in the tinsel. I’m sorry, Soph. I’ve got a huge job I need to get out before Christmas.

Can’t it wait until the new year?

The client wants to take his financials away with him to show some potential investors. Apparently he’s taking them away to Bali for two weeks to butter them up, and he’s flying out Christmas morning.

You’re kidding? Mac said. Is this the same one who whinges about how much you charge him?

Yes, but he brings a lot of business to us, so we need to keep him happy.

What about keeping your friends happy? Sophie asked.

I’ll come around on Christmas Eve.

Sure, Sophie said, removing a candy cane and handing it to Kate.

I promise, Kate said. I promise no work on Christmas Eve. She handed Sophie the strands of tinsel and set about opening the remaining boxes of decorations. Hey, she said, brandishing a snow globe. This is amazing. She gave the globe a shake, dislodging the plastic snow and watching it settle over the diorama of