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"That’s exactly what I’ you"

"Now, that’s a case for the textbooks Holy moly You should have said so earlier"

Beth didn’t knohy it would make a difference who it was her boss had once loved

"Did I hear you right when you said Sunshine never ain there was a pause, but this time it had an entirely different feel to it Beth could sense the other woa torch for Mr Haround "I can’t say for sure, but I’ what she’d read in the letter and then decided to go for it "I saw part of a letter she’d written hio In one of the first lines, she claimed that she would always love him"

"Well, this is a conundrum"

Beth smiled at the older woman’s choice of words "Yes, I’d say it is"

"What would you like to see happen?" Sondra Reacher asked

That was a good question "I suppose in my heart of hearts I’d like for the two of theether I believe that if they were to see each other it onna be easy Mr Haot that e when I spoke to him," Beth reminded her

"Did you know that afterward he asked ain?"

Beth’s hand tightened around her phone "He did not say that!"

"He did"

Beth could see reuniting the two of thee than she’d anticipated

"So, girl, how are you going to make this happen?" Sondra Reacher asked as if Beth had all the answers

"I don’t know Do you have any suggestions?"

"Give ested

Beth had the feeling it was going to takeany art shows in the Chicago area in the near future?"

Beth didn’t keep tabs of her aunt’s travel schedule "I don’t know, but I can find out"

"You do that"

"What are you thinking?" Beth asked "Sunshine’s paintings have been featured in Chicago art shows a dozen times, if not more"

"Maybe we could convince Peter to attend one of her shows"

"We?" she repeated, stunned "And exactly how do you intend to er wishes to speak to you"

"Listen, the two of us are in this together I’ve spent the better part of forty years seeing that man live in misery He had a selfish, self-centered ho divorced hi hters who, despite Mr Hamlin’s best efforts, were influenced by their mother I adhters If I have the opportunity to bring a little sunshine into his life--" she paused and laughed "I didn’t intend that pun, but it’s fitting, isn’t it?"

"It is"

"If we have the chance to help hiree" Beth’s excitereith each word the other woman spoke

"Now, tellin her life?"

Beth was afraid to ad to her about this"

"Thought so Don’t know uess is she’s not a wo for her"

"She isn’t"

"What et involved? Was it that letter you mentioned?"

"No, I stumbled upon that just recently My aunt said his name once ere out to eat It was the look that came over her, and I knew that whomever this Peter ho shared fish tacos with her had been someone special in her life"

"Fish tacos You asked me about that on your first phone call, didn’t you?"

"I did My aunt explained that she and Peter went to this hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant every Friday night and shared an order of fish tacos" Then she had a thought "Any chance Mr Haon, yourecently about a conference being held out your way that he was planning on attending"