Heartwishes by Jude Deveraux

Author:Jude Deveraux [Deveraux, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2010-12-31T06:00:00+00:00

13

GEMMA,” SARA SAID as she held out a plate of some strawberry dessert, “are you sticking with your Heartwish being to get a good job?”

Gemma’s mind was so full of thoughts about her and Colin that she had no idea what Sara was talking about. “I need to shower and change.”

“Don’t do it on our account,” Rams said.

“Yeah, keep the shorts,” Luke said.

Gemma looked at Mike, and he shrugged. “Sure, why not?” Gemma said as she took the plate and went to sit on the grass under the shade tree. Colin was in a chair as far from her as he could get. She didn’t look at him.

Joce spoke first. “We were talking about the Heartwishes Stone and thinking about what we’d use its magic for. Luke wants immortality.”

“My goodness!” Gemma said. “You certainly know how to wish big.”

“My wife left out the details,” Luke said. “All writers want immortality. That’s why we’re so vain as to think someone would want to read our thoughts. But it would be nice to think that my grandchildren will like reading my books.”

“I’m sure they will,” Joce said, smiling at him.

“Wives’ opinions don’t count in this,” Rams said. “What about you, Sara? What would you wish for?”

“There’s nothing I don’t have. I got the house I wanted, the man, and this.” She rubbed her big belly.

“Ha!” Mike said.

They all looked at him.

“I was her third choice of man,” Mike said, and everyone laughed.

“Is this a joke I’m missing?” Gemma asked.

“Come over some afternoon and help me feed and diaper, and I’ll tell you all of it,” Joce said. “But I’ll tell you now that Mike was not her third choice.”

“She wouldn’t have been interested in me if she’d met me in an ordinary way,” Mike said.

Tess gave her brother a hard look. “I would have arranged a meeting with Sara if you’d just bothered to visit once in a while.”

“I would have if—”

“Order in the court!” Rams said loudly. “You two can argue later. Let’s get back on the subject. Sara, my dear cousin, there must be something you want.”

“Good health and safety for the people I love.”

“Boo! Hiss!” Tess said. “You love everybody in Edilean. If that wish were granted, we’d be a town with no illness, no accidents.”

“Sounds great to me,” Sara said.

“There is one thing you want,” Mike said to his wife. “You told me just the other day.”

Sara looked puzzled for a moment, then smiled. “That was a joke and don’t you dare tell them what I said.”

“Now you have to tell us,” Luke said.

“Not me.” Mike held up his hands in surrender. “I have to live with her. If she wants to confess, that’s up to her.”

Everyone looked at Sara.

“All right!” she said in exasperation. “I said . . .” She sighed. “It wasn’t anything really. I just said that I envied Joce having twins. Tess, back me up here. Wouldn’t you like to be carrying two babies, a boy and a girl?”

“Absolutely not!” Tess said. “One is all I’ll be able to handle.

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