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feel old. He doubted she would forget and he’d hear about it later.
     
    Closing down his computer, he walked over to the couch and watched his sleeping guest for a minute, noting that she appeared to be breathing much easier after taking the cough syrup.
     
    Squatting down so that he was at eye level with her, he gently shook her awake. He watched as her eyes slowly opened, and she blinked to clear the sleep from them. As her vision cleared, he watched her eyes squint at him and wondered if the light was making her head hurt. “Hey there, do you have a headache?”
     
    Sara looked at the man with his face so close to her own, and struggled to bring it into focus. She still needed her glasses, and now was probably going to get a headache from having to squint to see up close. At his question, she shook her head and said, “I can’t see.”
     
    Trent was very alarmed at her statement and stood up when she reached out a hand and grabbed his arm. “Let me rephrase that. I can’t see anything very clearly when it’s really close to me. My glasses are in the car and I normally have them on. That’s why I didn’t read the cough syrup directions. I couldn’t see the words.”
     
    At her explanation, Trent relaxed and enjoyed the fact that she still had a hold of his arm. Nodding his head, he reached out and helped her sit up on the couch. “I called my aunt and told her I was bringing you home with me. She’s getting a room ready as we speak.”
     
    “She’s not mad that I’m coming there?”
     
    “No, I told you, everything’s going to be fine. Is there anything you need, besides your glasses, from your car? I grabbed your purse and duffel bag. They’re out in my jeep. I had them tow your car over to the service station. We can stop by there to get anything you might need on the way home.”
     
    Sara shook her head, “Just my glasses would be great. Thanks.”
     
    Pulling her up to stand beside him, he released her shoulders once she was able to stand on her own and waved his arm towards the door, “Let’s go then.”
     
    Chapter 6
     
    As they drove through town, Sara noticed all of the Christmas decorations, everywhere. Having stopped and retrieved her glasses, she felt much more in control and was enjoying her first real look at the small town. “You all really get into the Christmas spirit around here. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many decorations or lights outside of Disneyland.”
     
    Trent laughed and agreed. “Christmas is our favorite time of the year. They start putting up lights at the beginning of November and then on Thanksgiving Day, they turn everything on right before dark. It’s pretty cool if I do say so myself.”
     
    Sara was still looking with wonder at her surroundings. As they neared the church, she gasped as she saw the magnificent nativity display. Looking at Trent, she quickly turned her head back and gazed at the life sized nativity scene spread out on the grounds of the church. “It’s incredible. I’ve never seen anything quite like it.”
 
    Trent tried to imagine seeing it for the first time and could appreciate the awed look on her face. It was pretty a mazing. “Where did they get something like this?”
     
    Trent stopped the jeep right in front of the church so Sara could finish looking. “The townspeople built it. When I was a little boy, they used to have a wood carving competition every fall. One year, somebody came up with the idea to carve life sized pieces. The next year, they started carving the nativity pieces you see now.
     
    “The city council is in charge of ensuring they are preserved and repainted as needed, and everyone helps with setting up the display. It makes Christmas just a little bit more real, don’t you think?”
     
    Sara could only nod her head as her gaze traveled back and forth across the church grounds. As she came to the camels, she studied their size and shape, and couldn’t help but ask, “How did they find