<p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)">MARGO</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">After an ex-boyfriend told me I'd never be able to run a half marathon, I did what any logical woman would do: I set out to prove him wrong.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">We're going to pretend like I didn't collapse at the finish line of the race.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">It's a good thing the hot paramedic caught me before I could fall.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">It's an even better thing I ran into him at the bar the next night.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">He might be my ex's dad and sixteen years older than me, but that won't stop me from wanting to enjoy some holiday cheer with the man I can't stop thinking about.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">FINN</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">I knew who she was when I caught her, but she didn't know who I was.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">When her initial shock of my identity wore off, she came home with me.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">I gave her the best night of her life.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">It makes sense that I found her again at the finish line of another race, and now I'm determined to keep her around for longer than a night.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Forget the age gap. Forget her history with my son.</span></p><p class="ql-align-center"><span style="color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 1)"></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">She might be the best Christmas present I've ever received, and I'm in no hurry to say goodbye.</span></p><p></p>