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Wishes
for Christmas
By: Fern Michaels
Releasing
October 27, 2015
Zebra
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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…
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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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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
