Three wishes: a novel by Barbara Delinsky

Author:Barbara Delinsky [Delinsky, Barbara]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Vermont, Romance: Modern, Contemporary, General, Romance, Family & Relationships, Wishes, Romance - General, Romance - Contemporary, Fiction - Romance, Love stories
ISBN: 9780671016654
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Published: 1998-07-01T05:00:00+00:00

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hands and feet cold. When he drew her into the curve of his body, she shivered. "Where've you been?" she murmured against the pillow.

"On the phone," Tom breathed against her hair. "I called my sister."

Bree opened her eyes. "You did?" She turned in his arms to see him, though it was too dark to see much. "How was it?"

"Nice."

"She didn't hang up?"

He chuckled. It was a sweet sound, which said he was feeling pleased. "Only at the end. I told her about you. I invited her to the wedding. I said I'd get back to her with a date. So. What do you think?"

Bree slipped her arms around his neck. "I think it's great. I'm proud of you. You took the first step."

He gave her a squeeze. "About the wedding. What do you think?"

"I think I can't set a date until I get used to being engaged. Tell me about Alice. Was she friendly?"

"Mostly."

"Mostly?"

"She's between a rock and a hard place."

"Between your dad and you?"

"And my brothers and me. It won't be easy, reconciling."

"But you want it. I know you do."

"I do."

She beamed. "I'm so glad you called her."

He drew back his head. "You didn't wish for it, did you?"

"Me? No." When he continued to look at her, she said, "I swear I didn't. But I might have. That would have been something worthwhile to spend a wish on."

He sighed, relaxed, and drew her in tight. "I used to think family wasn't important."

T.

It IS.

"I'm sorry I never knew yours."

"Don't be," Bree said. Her grandparents would have been scandalized by Tom's reputation. Her father would have

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positively faded into the woodwork beside him. "It's better this way."

"What about your mother?"

"What about her?"

"Do you ever think about her?"

Bree did. More often in the last few months. "Sometimes."

"Do you ever think about tracking her down?"

"I used to think about doing it. Then time passed and I let it go. Maybe I should wish for her," she said on a whim. "Y'know, make that one of my three wishes. It'd be a good one, don't you think?"

"It would. Hypothetically."

"I know, I know. You're afraid I'll set my heart on seeing her, and then if the wish doesn't work, I'll be upset."

"I don't want you upset."

"But it'd be a good wish," she reasoned, warming to the idea. "It isn't greedy, like for something material. And it isn't vague. If I wish for my mother, she either shows up or she doesn't. Then I'll know, one way or another."

"About the wishes."

"About the wishes." She snuggled closer, warm and suddenly sleepy again. "I'm happy for you, Tom," she whispered.

"Me, too," he whispered back.

The idea of wishing for her mother might have come on a whim, but Bree couldn't believe how perfect it was. Getting engaged was something to share with a parent, and this woman was the only parent Bree had left. If ever there was a time to try to reach her, it was now.

So while Tom was putting coffee on to brew one morning the following week, she came close to him at the counter and said, "I'm doing it, Tom.

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