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"Of course." But she could not help sighing.
He tipped her chin with his finger. "What's wrong?"
"I attended my sister's wedding not long agofor me, that is. I only wish she could know that I am here and that I've found my happiness."
His grin was broad and fond. "She knows, Abby. In fact there are some cryptic comments in her journal that I expect are messages to you. But one thing I understood. She said that she hoped that, wherever her dear, disappeared sister may be, that she can be as blessed as she in knowing that her fertility will result in happiness for people in generations to come."
Abby laughed. "That sounds like Lucy."
"Now," he said, holding the car door open. "Let's go home."
As they drove off, Abby looked out the car window at the brilliant blue sky. She could hardly wait till that evening, when Mike and she could look at the nighttime heavens together.
The stars would never shift again.

 
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