"Are you happy, my darling?" Oh yes, that weekend was lovely. I really enjoyed last night's party, and lunch today was a real treat. The Baxter's don'... seem like grown-ups at all - I wouldn't mind at all if they were my parents! Do you think they might want to adopt a daughter?"I squeezed her hand in sympathy; I knew that her relationship with her own parents never had been close or particularly affectionate; she had arrived ten years after her brother and was treated very differently. I. . I'm all right, I guess." What do you mean you guess? It looks to me like ... today is the start of a new and improved life for you. And for your daughters, too." Yes, and I've so been looking forward to this appointment..." I hear a 'but' coming in here. Tell me what's bothering you." Well, I ... Did you ... Did you see President Stanford's speech yesterday?" Well, yeah, I, um ... Hey, wait a minute. You were there, weren't you?"Melody looked down and didn't say a word."Yeah! You asked her. "And there's so few of them that if the rapturecame, they'd never be missed." I'm sure we're one of the tinier villages in God's kingdom," I said,"but all it takes is two or three."We may have had a dozen people at prayer meeting that night, notcounting ourselves. Quite naturally Timothy's new look attracted a greatdeal of attention, which just as naturally, made Timothy veryuncomfortable and reduced his replies to nods and monosyllables.Everyone was even more surprised to meet Cynthia and, the. "What did you do to her?" "He didn't do anything," Suzi said, sitting down. "Actually Joey, I've kinda wanted to taste you for a while. I've only tasted Tim's once through your mouth." Joey whispered, "You.." He swallowed hard, then started again. "You w- wanna blow me?" "If Timmy doesn't mind." "No, I don't mind at all. Actually, I kinda was hoping you two would find something to... um, get together on. You know what I mean." "Well then. Are you going just going to sit there holding it with.