A touching short story from TAYLOR DYE about love, loss, and never forgetting to celebrate the truest joys in life...
Patrick Livvsguard, a recent widower, is accompanied by his adult daughter, Carmen, as he returns to his favorite golf course for what has become a tradition: to play a round on Christmas morning. However, this will be the first time in decades that he plays without his wife, Emma, by his side. The Ashdown Forest Country Club and its proprietor, Tammy Vixen, are as welcoming and pleasant as always?but, still, without Emma, it all feels slightly different.
But Patrick is in for the surprise of a lifetime as his late wife, known for her Christmas surprises, has one final gift left to give, waiting for him on the first tee...
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Taylor Dye is the author of four novels, including the most recent in The Intermediaries series, The Intermediaries: Saint Nicholas, and the first book in the Trustice Jeffries superhero series, Fear Into Darkness. He is also the author of multiple short stories, the most recent including "Don't Run On Riley Wolff", available online on Mangoprism, and "Changing of the Guard", featured in the Third Flatiron Summer-Fall 2023 anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres.