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for an older child and found you," she concluded.
"Our baby-making problem is not that unusu
al," Karl interjected during the first quiet mo
ment. "Infertilityused to be thought mainly a
woman's problem, but the problem lies with the
man in thirty-five percent of the cases."
"Karl feels sorry, but I don't blame him,"
Thelma said in a voice a little above a whisper.
V. C. ANDREWS
**It's like what happens in Love's Second Chance
by Amanda Fairchild. Did you ever read that one?
I know you read a lot."
"No," I said. "I've never heard of it."
"Oh. Well, I think it was number one on the
romance chart for four months last year. Anyway,
April's lover has Kari's problem, only he doesn't
know it until after April gets pregnant, obviously
with someone else*s child. It's so sad at the end
when April dies in childbirth."
Thelma's eyes actually teared over. Then she
jumped in her seat and smiled. |
"Let's not think of sad things today. -TodayVaB
big day for all of us. We're going toa restaurant fo^
dinner tonight,right, Karl?" 1
"Yes. I thou^it we'd go to the Sea Shell. Do yol|
like seafood. Crystal?" he asked, ' ' 'IJ
"I haven't eaten much of it, but yes," I said. ||
"Ordinarily, we don't go out to eat. It's npractical," Thelma said. "But Karl believes thfl
Sea Shell gives you the best value for your dollar.1!
"Lobster and shrimp are expensive in resta^
rants especially, but they give you a good combj
nation plate and plenty of salad and bread. 11^|
their combination dinners. Good value," )Х
pointed out. "You'll like their choice of desserflB
too. I bet you like chocolate cake." |B
"It's my favorite," I admitted. All this tallf
food was making my stomach growl; ^iB
"We have so much to learn about each othif
Thelma said. "I want to know all your favc
CRYSTAL
things, like your favorite colors, favorite movie
stars, favorite everything. I hope we have a lot of
the same favorites, but even if we don*t, it wont
matter," she assured me, nodding so firmly it
looked as if she was assuring herself just as much,
A little more than an hour later^ we drove up a
residential street and pulled into the driveway of a
small ranch-style house with light gray aluminum
siding, black aluminum window shutters^ a side

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