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“Sure”

Peter Carter had relaxed back into a dopey, angelic post-operative doze when Conklin said, “Take care”

Then he left the rooht to the two officers on guard outside the door

Chapter 31

Cindy was in an excellent mood

Her editor, Henry Tyler, had been so happy with “A Miraculous Life” It was her first-person account of Joan Murphy’s ordeal In fact, Henry had liked the article so much that he’d ceremoniously presented her with a little statuette from the fifties that he kept in his office called the S young woman in a business suit ore a typewriter as a hat

“This, Cindy, this is how I think of you”

She’d laughed and thrown her ar the S an Oscar And it was She surrounded the statuette with a forest of candlesticks on the sideboard

In a couple of hours, she and Rich were having a special dinner in their sround-floor apartment to welcome home Lindsay and Joe, who had just returned from their vacation yesterday

They decided todinner,” because the ood that they didn’t want to wait until November to enjoy it In preparation for their version of turkey day, Cindy had asked Claire to bring cranberry sauce, a vegetable side, and stuffing Rich had stepped up tospecialty of the house since childhood: a yam casserole with marshmallows on top

Brady had said, “Do not worry about wine I will take care of the alcohol course, trust arlands with popcorn and cranberries Believe it or not, I think I saw soh it isn’t November, we have to make it look festive”

Theto be excellent

Cindy had roasted the turkey, basting it properly, leaving enough tiuests arrived Richiein the extensions they’d never used before

They had finally gotten the table ready for everyone when the doorbell rang

Claire and Ed up their coats, they went into the kitchen to help Cindy and warm up their hot side Claire had an exquisite talent with a carving knife, and as she dissected the turkey, she explained each and every one of her cuts It sent Cindy into fits of laughter