Dashing All The Way

<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)> </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>