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"You convinced her to tell Catherine the baby wasn’t Ted’s?" The question cae in it
"Not entirely onGabriel’s
"But Blythe did confess the truth?" Goodness wanted to know
"Yes, and soon afterward Ted proposed to Joy"
"Wonderful" Shirley clapped her hands together
"Where are they now?"
"The two are spending Christmas Eve with Catherine"
"Hoeet," Shirley said with a roh
"Perhaps you’d care to explain what old Charles said about a certain angel visiting him," Gabriel said sternly
"Ah…well…"
"I see to Joy Pal her to keep a party dress What was that all about?"
Once again Mercy cast a flustered, helpless look at Gabriel "I think I ned to hihtly
"That’s what I thought Now about the dress?"
"It’s the most perfectly beautiful dress you’ve ever seen Joy looked absolutely spectacular in it She was going to return it to the departret that," Mercy explained, talking so fast the words blended together "I orking hard on Blythe, and I knew she was close to confessing the truth It didn’t oing to need it so soon"
"Soon?"
"New Year’s Eve party at Ted’s coot the invitation last week"
"So you’ve taken to reading his mail?" Gabriel asked in a deep, rich voice that spoke of disapproval
"Not always," Mercy adel didn’t look any too pleased
"They’re going to marry, aren’t they?" Mercy wanted to know
Oncethe future "Ted and Joy Yes"
"Children?"
"Three Two boys and a girl, in rapid succession They nahter Catherine"
"What about Blythe and her baby?" The question cael, Shirley was often concerned about children’s welfare
"Blythe will deliver a healthy baby boy this coood deal of soul-searching, she’ll decide to give the child up for adoption Blythe will personally choose his parents, and the till exchange letters for the first year Giving her son a good home was probably the most unselfish act of her life It helps mature her"
"Does she ht that Blythe find happiness
"Yes, to a friend of Ted and Joy’s They’ll introduce them two years from now, and the couple will marry after a ind courtship Blythe and her husband will have two children"
"So everything turned out well in the end"
"It wasn’t the end," Gabriel corrected, "but the beginning"
"That’s so rohed She rested her cheek on the back of her hands and floated several feet off the ground
"I can’t get over how good we are," Shirley said, and buffed her nails against her chest "I mean, e first started out, ould have believed we’d meet with such unabashed success?"
"Not I," Gabriel was the first to agree "I was sure each one of these assignments was far "
"The key to our success," Shirley inforether"
"That’s it," Mercy agreed, crossing her ar to help each other"
"Is that right," Goodness said, her arms folded over her chest as well She tapped her foot just so they’d reotten from her two best friends "I seem to recall that the two of you were at the Forunored me"