Free Valentine's Candy by Melissa L. Webb

 
     
     
     
     
    Valentine’s Candy
     
     
     
    Melissa L. Webb
     
     
     
    Smashwords Edition
     
     
     
    Copyright 2010 Melissa L. Webb
     
     
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    Candy Rogers put her key in the lock and
turned it. Opening the door, she peered into the darkened mail
compartment. A stack of envelopes greeted her in the dying
sunlight. She slipped her hand in, grabbing the stack and then
turned the key once more.
    Glancing through the envelopes, she hurried
back down the street to her house. Bill. Bill. Bill. A letter from
her sister. More bills. A flier that announced tickets for the
Policemen’s Ball were on sale.
    She sighed at the flier. She wasn’t going.
She had already made that clear. The last thing she wanted to do
was to go stag and there was no way she going with someone either.
She had finally just settled into being single, last thing she
wanted was to have her heart broken all over again.
    She hurried up her walkway and up onto her
porch, slipping her key into the lock. She glanced down. A huge
bouquet of flowers was sitting on her doorstep. Reds, pinks, and
yellows splashed together to create a perfect wild flower
arrangement.
    Candy’s lips pulled into a grin despite
herself. She had never gotten flowers before, especially not on
Valentine’s Day.
    She picked them up and took the small card
out from between the leaves. Pretty flowers for a Beautiful
Lady was printed elegantly on the white card stock.
    Carrying them into the house, she headed
towards the kitchen. She tossed the mail on the counter and grabbed
a vase out of the cabinet. She ran some water in it and arranged
the flowers carefully.
    She leaned back against the counter admiring
her work once she was done. She couldn’t help but smile once again.
What a Valentine’s Day this turned out to be. She had a secret
admirer and he had sent her flowers.
    Candy might have to turn some guy down in the
future but she could definitely enjoy the thrill of it tonight.
    She turned and headed for the living room,
pausing slightly as she inhaled the flowery sent now invading the
kitchen.
    Taking off her coat, she turned on the T.V.,
filling the room with voices as she left it turned to the news.
Glancing at the headlines, she headed back into the kitchen to
start dinner.
    The food was almost ready, when she heard a
knock on the door. Wiping her hands, she headed for the front door.
“Hello?” she called, pulling the door open. The porch was devoid of
human life. Glancing down, she looked into big plastic eyes staring
up at her.
    “Oh, look at you,” She cooed as she took the
giant stuffed bear into her arms. “Aren’t you just adorable?”
    Shutting the door behind her, Candy took the
bear into the dinning room and sat it on the table.
    The teddy bear sat there, staring back at
her. Bright blue plastic eyes peering forth from its lush white
hair.
    “You have to be the cutest thing I’ve ever
seen,” she muttered as she straightened its blue sequined bow-tie.
“But who sent you?”
    It couldn’t be someone from work. Everyone at
the police station where she work as a dispatcher, knew how she
felt. Maybe it was someone from the library where she volunteered
her Saturday afternoons? Who was she kidding? It could be
anybody.
    Sighing, she headed back into the kitchen.
She had other things to worry about right now.
    Candy was sitting at the