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had turned into a rout. In the box, Mimi Carson was stunned by the
sudden turn of events. Peggy said timidly, ' didn't go well, did itt
Mimi turned to her. ', Peggy. I'm afraid it didn't.' A steward
approached the box. '. Carson, may I have a word with yout Mimi Carson
turned to Peggy. ' me a moment.1 Peggy watched them walk away. After the
game, Woody's team was very quiet. Woody was too ashamed to look at the
others. Mimi Carson hurried over to Woody. - ', I'm afraid I have some
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terrible, terrible news.' She put a hand on his shoulder. ' father is
dead.' Woody looked up at her and shook his head from side to side. He
began to sob. ''m ... I'm responsibleit's m ... my fault.' '. You
mustn't blame yourself. It isn't your fault."
"Yes,, it is,' Woody cried. ' it weren't for my penalties, we would have
won the game."
Chapter Eleven.
Julia Stanford had never known her father, and now he was dead, reduced
to a black headline in the Kansas, I City star: TYCOON HARRY STANFORD
"DROWNS AT SEA. She sat there, staring at his photograph on the front
age of the newspaper, filled with conflicting emotions. Do I hate him
because of the way he treated my mother. or do I love him because he's
my father? Do Ifeel guilty because I never tried to get in touch with
him, or do I feel angry because he never tried to find me? It doesn't
matter anymore, she thought. He's gone. Her father had been dead to her
all her life, and now he had died again, cheating her out of something
she had no words for. Inexplicably, she felt an overwhelming sense of
loss. Stupid! Julia thought. How can I miss someone I never knew? She
looked at the newspaper photograph again. Do I have anything of him in
me? Julia stared into the@mirror on the wall. The eyes. have the same
deep gray eyes. Julia went into her bedroom closet, removed a battered
cardboard box, and from it lifted a leather-bound scrapbook. She sat on
the edge of her bed and opened the box. For the next two hours, she
pored over its familiar contents. There were countless photographs of
her mother in her governess's uniform, with Harry Stanford and Mrs.
Stanford and their three young children. Most of the pictures had been
taken on their yacht, atkose Hill, or at the Hobe Sound villa. Julia
picked up the yellowed newspaper clippings recounting the scandal that
had happened so many years before in Boston. The faded headlines were
lurid: LOVE NEST ON BEACON HILL BILLIONAIRE HARRY STANFORD IN SCANDAL
TYCOON'S WIFE COMMITS SUICIDE GOVERNESS ROSEMARY NELSON DISAPPEARS There
were dozens of gossip columns filled with innuendos. Julia sat there for
a long time, lost in the past. She had been born at St. Joseph's
Hospital in Milwaukee. Her earliest memories were of living in dreary
walk-up apartments and constantly moving from city to city. There were,
times when there was no money at all, and little to eat. Her mother was
continually ill, and it had been difficult for her to find steady work.
The young girl quickly learned never to ask for toys or new dresses. 112
Julia started school when she was five, and her classmates would mock
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her because she wore the same dress "'and scruffy shoes every day.
When the other children 1@111,teased her, Julia fought them. She was a
rebel, and she *as always being brought up before the principal. Her
teachers didn't know what to do with her. She was in tonstant trouble.
She might have been expelled except for one thing: she was the brightest
student in her class. Her mother had told Julia that her father was
dead, and she had accepted that. But when Julia was twelve years old,
she stumbled across a picture album filled with photographs of her
mother with a group of Strangers. ' are these people?' Julia asked.
And Julia's mother decided that the time had come. ' down, my darling.'
She took Julia's hand and held it tightly. There was no way to break the
news tactfully.-'That is your father, and your half sister, and your two
half brothers.' Julia was , looking at her, puzzled. ' don't
understand.' The truth had finally come out, shattering Julia's peace of
mind. Her father was alive! And she had a half sister and two half
brothers. It was too much to comprehend.'Why ... why did you lie to me?'
' were too young to understand. Your father and I ... had an affair. He
was married, and I ... I had to leave, to have you.' ' hate him!' Julia
said. 113 ' mustn't hate him.' ' could he have done this to yout she
demanded. ' happened was my fault as much as his." Each word was agony.
' father was a very attractive man, and I was young and foolish. I knew
that nothing could ever come of our affair. He told me he loved me ...
but he was married and had a family. And ... and then I became
pregnant.' It was difficult for her to go on. ' reporter got hold of the
story and it was in all the newspapers. I ran away. I intended for you
and me to go back to him, but his wife killed herself, and I ... I could
never face him or the children again. It was my fault you see. So don't [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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