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Lydia nodded "She’s been so helpful We really appreciate the referral"

"Any word on how long it’ll be before you can adopt a baby?"

"Not yet Brad and I are prepared to wait, though"

"Well, I hope it happens soon"

"Me, too" Lydia s Cody and me out to dinner"

"Can we come, too?" Ellen asked

"Ellen! No, we can’t," Anne Marie chastened "It’s not polite to invite yourself along"

"I know, but I have a gift for Cody froive it to him"

"There’ll be plenty of time for that later," Anne Marie reminded her and then, despite her best efforts, yawned "I don’t think anyone’sto Ellen yet I expect it’ll hit her in a couple of hours" As for Anne Marie, her feet were dragging Once they’d returned with Baxter, she was planning on taking a nap Ellen would be tired by then, too--she hoped

"I see you’re starting a new class this week" The sign in thehad caught her notice and she found herself intrigued by the concept Not that there was anything she needed to quit She was satisf ied with her life at the moment--more satisf ied than she’d been since the early days of her e

"Are you interested?" Lydia told her about the project she’d chosen Anne Marie liked the sound of it, but a night class would be too diff icult

Maybe she could get the pattern froht some beautiful yarn in Paris and a scarf would be the perfect thing to knit

"Do you want to join the class?" Lydia asked "Even if you’re not trying to give up any bad habits Alix already signed up because she wants to quit sain"

"I’d love to--but I can’t leave Ellen by herself I want to h"

"I’ll be happy to help with the pattern if you run into any problems"

"Thanks, Lydia, I’ll keep that in mind"

As Anne Marie and Ellen left the shop, the little girl pointed across the street to the French Café "Alix!" she cried "I want to say hello to Alix"

"Ellen, we’ll have to do that later Besides, Alix is probably off work by now"

"Oh, yeah, I forgot…"

"Are you ready for Baxter?"