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Her hand tre briskly to the shaded awning at the far end of the pool The phone rang and rang, until it went to voice mail

“Da up She immediately sent him a text: “Do they LOVE it?”

“Where are you?” came the reply

“Pool Club” She was tempted to add, “Answer your damn phone,” but couldn’t be bothered to tap in all the letters

“On my way!” Henry wrote back He’d added an exclaood news Suddenly feeling giddy with anticipation, Pandy hurried toward her friends, waving her phone in the air

The club was filling up again, this tiotten out of school Pandy skipped around a toddler wearing so many flotation devices, he looked like a small astronaut

“Henry’s co!” Pandy said to Suzette, as noake due to the screams of the many children who appeared to have taken over the club “I think it’s good news”

Unable to contain her excite around the nest of deck chairs as she od” Overcome, she had to sit down

“Honey, are you all right?” Suzette asked

Pandy put her hand to her chest She wished she could explain to her friends how important this was, but she knew they’d never quite understand She vigorously nodded her head instead “Where is Henry?” she cried out impatiently

“Henry’s co over with a drink in a plasticonto her hand She looked at Pandy assessingly “Doll, you’re all sweaty Why don’t you take a dip in the pool?”

“Don’t want Henry to see you all sweaty like that,” Suzette joked pointedly

“Maybe I will,” Pandy replied, realizing that the excite triurabbed her cell phone and walked to the edge of the water Unable to bear the suspense any longer, she tapped in Henry’s number

He picked up after the first ring

“Henry,” she said eagerly “They do love it, right?”