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WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS
Fern Michaels
Releasing Oct 27th, 2015
Kensington Books
New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels brings together the beloved heroines from two celebrated series—the Sisterhood and the Godmothers—for a holiday to remember…
This Christmas, instead of finding and punishing bad guys, all Maggie Spritzer wants is to bring a little more joy to the world—especially to a beloved teacher from her past. And as the Sisterhood unites to find her, they learn that no holiday treat is as fulfilling as giving to others…
Meanwhile, with a little help from the other Godmothers, Toots Loudenberry is preparing for Charleston’s annual holiday showcase of historic homes. But when the Godmothers sense trouble with one of the decorators, they must tackle a mystery and hope for a happy ending…
When Sisters and Godmothers unite, the result is a warm and wonderful holiday—with a special touch of magic…
This year, for some reason, I want .
. . no, I need to
make the angels sing. I want to hear
them sing. Does that make
sense?” Maggie asked fretfully.
“Of course it makes sense. I think
it’s a wonderful idea. Count me in,” Annie said. “Now, you know
if you include the boys, the fund would grow substantially higher,”
she said slyly. The others agreed as they all started to eat.
“Not so fast,” Myra said.
“Dear,” she said, addressing Maggie, “did you forget we have an
organization that Abner is in charge of that donates yearly, very
generously and very heavily, during the holidays? Any new charity or
person is always welcome. I thought we all had agreed to that. Last
year alone, we donated—anonymously, of course—over one billion
dollars, which we confiscated from that monster, Angus Spyder. So,
I’m not quite sure what it is you want us to contribute to, and
while I have no problem with that at all, I guess I just don’t
understand the end result here.”
The women stopped eating long enough
to stare at Maggie, waiting to see how she would respond.
“I guess I didn’t fully explain,
because I’m not clear in my own mind. Sometimes late at night, when
I can’t sleep, I think about my life, my childhood, my family and
wonder, as I think most people wonder, if I could do things over,
what would I do differently? Is there some wrong in my past life that
I never made right, for whatever reason? Just think about that for a
minute. I have an instance, and I’ve never forgotten it. I don’t
know if money can or will right that situation, but I want to look
into it and try. It’s not the same as what Abner is doing with
Spyder’s money and all those other people’s money we helped
ourselves to. This is personal.
That’s the best way I
can explain it to you all. Does it make more sense now?”
“Well, yes, dear, it certainly
does,” Myra said. “I think you might be on to something. Let’s
run this up the flagpole. Now that I understand where you’re going
with this, I think we should include the boys in this.”
“I agree,” Isabelle said. The
others were quick to agree.
“We can’t call them now. It’s
too late,” Yoko said. “They’ll be miffed that they weren’t
included in this luncheon.”
“Then we’ll do a repeat tomorrow
at my house,” Nikki said. “That’s when we’ll run it up the
flagpole, and they’ll never know this was a rehearsal for tomorrow.
How about that for sneaky? Do you all agree?”
“What are you going to serve?”
Kathryn asked, her mind jumping ahead to the menu.
“How about a little of everything
that is takeout?” Nikki laughed.
“Works for me.” Alexis giggled.
Not surprisingly, it worked for everyone.
“So, let’s get to the dessert,
Maggie,” Annie said.
The women talked nonstop as they
devoured the peach cobbler, the main topic being that memories, for
the most part, were a wonderful thing, be they sad or happy.
“How much money are we talking
about?” Yoko asked. “The reason I ask is that Harry and I are
going to China next month, and that always puts a big dent in our
budget.”
“It doesn’t matter how much,
Yoko. If it’s fifty dollars, that’s fine. If it’s two hundred
fifty thousand dollars, that’s fine, too. The point is it has to be
our own personal money, whatever we can afford. Gus’s insurance
money is just the cherry on top. I’ll be putting my own money in,
too. It will all go into one fund, and then, when we’re ready to
distribute it to whoever needs it, we’ll vote on it. I think that’s
fair. If you all want to keep your amounts secret, that’s okay,
too. We should vote on that tomorrow. In the end, it might not even
come down to money. Maybe there is someone out there from our past
who needs something other than money. Something we can provide for
them that no one else can. That kind of thing.”
“I think this is a wonderful
idea,” Myra said. “I can’t wait for tomorrow. Thank you so
much, Maggie, for bringing this up. Sometimes I think we forget that
it’s better to give than to receive. Oh, this is going to be such a
wonderful Christmas. The true meaning of it. Truly, truly.”
Annie swiped at her eyes. “Myra’s
right. This is just what we all need. We’ve been getting
complacent. I agree with Myra. I can’t wait till tomorrow.”
Twelve minutes later, right on
schedule, Maggie’s kitchen and dining room were back to normal,
with just the autumn centerpiece in the middle of the table. A second
round of fresh coffee was served as the girls talked nonstop about
what was going to transpire the following day.
“It’s going to take a lot of
research to track down people from our past,” Isabelle said.
“And who better to do that than
our four in- trepid reporters, meaning Ted, Dennis, Maggie, and
Espinosa?” Nikki chortled.
“We need a name for this project,”
Alexis said.
The group threw out names and
titles, but it was Yoko who came up with the one they finally agreed
to. Bright Star.
The Sisters all clapped, making
their newest project official.
FERN MICHAELS is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood and Godmothers series, and dozens of other novels and novellas. There are over seventy-five million copies of her books in print.
Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret. Visit her website at www.fernmichaels.com
Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret. Visit her website at www.fernmichaels.com
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