A May-September Wedding (29 page)

Phyl heard her
name and stirred. "Cal?"

Cal's voice
softened as he reached over to stroke her hair. "Right here,
sweetheart."

"Do you mind
moving Grace so I can get up without crushing her?"

Cal reached
over his wife and gently picked up his daughter for a snuggle and a
kiss. Theresa saw the besotted look on Cal's face and waited for a
whole five count before asking, "Can I hold her?"

Cal handed the
curled bundle to Theresa, who wrapped her up in a firm hug. "Thank
you. She's gorgeous. How old is she?"

"She's five
weeks. She has the same birthday as her two half sisters over
there." Cal nodded at Lydia and Felicity then smiled as Phyl sat up
and collected a hug from him. "Phyl, this is Theresa Walker. The
Walkers are here with their grandson, Tom."

Thomas came
racing back with his grandfather following more sedately. Phyl
smiled a welcome to them and said, "As odd as it still seems to me
after a year and a half of marriage, I'm here with two of my
grandchildren."

John closed
the distance and shook his head. "Well, Theresa. Trust you to find
the babies and pry them from their mothers."

Theresa
shrugged then introduced her husband. John stated, "You're far too
young to have grandchildren, girl."

"Well, they're
really Cal's, but Erica and the other little kids are in the family
calling me Bestemor. It's what I called my Norwegian
grandmother."

Cal and Phyl
looked at their daughter in Theresa's arms then caught each others
glances and the world went away for a moment while they kissed.
John and Theresa exchanged a knowing look then John said, "There
are children present."

Cal and Phyl
blushed and Theresa said, "It good to see people who aren't afraid
to be in love." She looked fondly at her husband then smiled, "I'll
bet you have a good story to tell us. Maybe you can sit with us at
supper?"

Looking out to
see that all of the kids were accounted for, Cal said, "If you're
up for it, Phyl."

She gave him
an affectionate kiss that threatened to go on too long with Lydia
saying, "Oh no. They're at it again."

"We should
tell them. It's a good story, old man." She drew him close for
another kiss, "with a very happy ending."

###

Bill is a
professional accountant who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. His wife and
four sons think that he travels too much for work, but the quiet
evenings in the hotel give him the time to write. The two dogs
don't seem to react any differently whether he goes to the other
end of the country for a week or just to the grocery store for
milk.

When Kyle
drugged her drink Lily ran and called David to rescue her, again.
But Kyle keeps threatening Lily and refusing to let her go, so
David made sure she was safe. This time Lily notices that David is
not just her uncle's friend who is willing to help. This time she
sees a man who is kind and honourable and loving ... the kind of
man she's always dreamed of marrying.

But when Kyle
takes his brutal revenge on Lily she finds herself pregnant. Is it
David's child or Kyle's?

In the end,
Lily makes the only choice she can - she chooses hope.

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Miriam Nadif,
head buyer for her family's grocery stores in Lebanon, had thought
she would be the spinster aunt, content to support her father and
help him build up the family business. But her father's untimely
death transferred her guardianship to her uncle, a Hezbollah
supporter who refuses to allow her out of his house. When they find
her Bible, she is threatened with stoning and is forced to flee.
She thinks immediately of her best friend from university in
Canada, Jerry Ernst, whose gentle example led to her conversion to
Christianity.

But she hasn't
had any contact with Jerry in the six years since graduation. Will
the spark between them still exist? Will her troubles follow her
across the ocean? Will he even want to help her?

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Thirteen year
old Connie Pereira fell in love with the boy next door the summer
he helped her father build the new deck on the house, but Terry
O'Connell never noticed her. Now he's the CEO of a world famous
computer graphics company based in Vancouver with multiple Emmy and
Oscar nominations and the most eligible bachelor in town. But
Connie is all grown up now. Armed with a camera, a full scholarship
to the University of British Columbia and a brand new sun dress,
Connie has only one mission – getting his attention and keeping
it.