Calamity Mum. Diana Palmer

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      “My dad’s real social,” he remarked. “You can work on him.”

      “God forbid,” she said under her breath.

      “He’ll grow on you,” he persisted. “He’s rich.”

      She knew about being rich. She came from old money herself. His father seemed to think that she was after his. That was almost laughable.

      “Money can’t buy a lot of things,” she reminded him.

      “Name three.”

      “Love. Happiness. Peace of mind.”

      He threw up his hands. “I give up!”

      “Try to give up swimming alone,” she advised. “It’s dangerous.”

      “Actually,” he confessed, “I didn’t just jump in on purpose as much as I tripped over a bucket and fell in. But I would have been just as dead.”

      “Indeed you would. Keep your mind on what you are doing,” she admonished.

      He saluted her. “Roger, wilco.”

      “You might like R.O.T.C.,” she said.

      He shrugged. “I like to paint birds.”

      “Oh, boy.”

      “See what I mean? My dad hunts ducks. He wants me to. I hate it!”

      This boy had a real problem. She didn’t know what to tell him. His father was obviously rock-headed and intractable.

      “Have you been without your mother for a long time?” she asked gently.

      “All my life. She died just after I was born. Dad and I get along all right, but we aren’t close. He spends so much time at work, and out of the country on business, that I almost never see him. It’s just Jennie and Mrs. Brady and me most of the time. They’re good to me. We had a wonderful Christmas together….”

      “Where was your father?” she exclaimed.

      “He had to fly to Paris. She found out and got on the plane when he wasn’t looking. Since he couldn’t send her home, she went with him,” he muttered.

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