Heart to Heart [antikvár]

PrologueOctober 15I've been thinking about this for a long time, and now that Tm fourteen (which means that in less than four years I'll be off to college, then off to find fame and fortune as a journalist), I've finally made up my mind. My mom definitely needs to have a man in her life. By that I mean she needs a husbandsomeone who'll love and cherish her for all time. (Okay, it's corny, but since this is my own personal journal that no one else on the face of this earth is ever going to read but me, I figure I can get mushy from time to time.)My Aunt Rachel and Aunt Julie agree completely that Mom needs a man, especially now that th^'re both so happily married. Not that they discuss it with me, but they're always tr3dng to fix my mom up. There were a couple of times Mom broke down and said okay.First there was Duke. A cop friend of my Uncle Dd-ane/s who was visiting jfrom N.Y.C. Aunt Rachel badgered Mom and got her to go out with him. She said he even looked like Delaneywith blond hair and those great greenish gold eyes. The date ^was a disaster. (So I overheard when Mom called Aunt Rachel the next morning to give her a piece of her mind.) It seems Duke, who didn't look anything like Delaney, spent the whole