Page 59 of Into the Garden (Wildflowers 5)

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"Actually, the letter suggests that my real father

was older than Geraldine," I added,

"Do you think your father's name is in the other

letters then?" Misty asked.

I shrugged.

"How can you be so calm about it? Don't you

want to know who he is?" she asked.

"Sure she does," Jade answered for me, "but

you should know from our experiences at Doctor

Marlowe's that we don't just rush headlong into any of

this. It's too traumatic."

"But maybe when she finds out, she can go to

him and maybe he'll want her to move in with him

and be his daughter finally," Misty said in her dreamy

tone of voice again. Actually, it sounded more like

something she wished for herself.

Star shook her head.

"You do live in Never-Never Land, don't you?

That's the last thing her real father wants to happen.

He's probably got his own family and wife and how

do you think they'll feel learning about Cathy, huh?" "Oh," Misty said. Then she smiled. "So what?

We're here now. You don't need anyone else. Still,"

she said after a moment, "if it was me who didn't

know who my real father was and I had a chance to

find out, I'd be very excited and anxious to do it. I

wouldn't wait."

"Cat isn't you," Star said. "So shut up about it

already." Misty looked glum for a moment and then

brightened. "Let's talk about our first party. When

should we have it?" she asked.

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