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  1. Cover Page
  2. Front Flap
  3. Title Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Dedication
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“No thanks, Mom. We’re fine,” Frankie said quickly. He lifted his glass. “Wilbur, it’s a pleasure to also welcome you to the family.”

Wilbur and Edna had gotten engaged. She’d sealed the deal in the emergency room.

Hayley and Kit were becoming fast friends, comparing war stories about their love lives.

“I still can’t believe that guy Scott,” Hayley said. “He’s nothing but a lying crook. With a fake charity no less! Can you believe he pretended to get engaged to win people’s trust so he could scam them? And then he used pictures taken of himself with celebrities at the events I brought him to? What a sleaze!”

“At least he didn’t try to kill anyone,” Kit muttered. “Can you believe that when the cops went to Winston’s apartment they found pictures of Cleo on every wall and copies of her movies with a receipt from July 8th, when he bought them? That’s the day after he tried to help her on the beach. He certainly got over me fast. And his mother asked the police to have sympathy for him because the only girlfriend he ever had jilted him at the altar!”

“I don’t think anyone’s going to ask for sympathy for Scott,” Hayley said. She raised her glass, “Here’s to the next one.”

After dinner, Regan and Jack carried out Nora’s birthday cake, which was a sheet of flames.

“Regan, half a dozen candles would have been plenty,” Nora protested as the crowd started to sing “Happy Birthday.”

“You haven’t seen anything yet,” Regan said, raising an eyebrow.

At nine o’clock Cliff Paradise called for everyone’s attention. “My wife Yaya and I are thrilled to be with you all tonight,” he said. “We are so grateful for Cleo’s safety. Many of you had a part in her rescue, especially, of course, Regan and Jack Reilly. We can never thank you enough.

“Before this, I wasn’t familiar with New Jersey. Now it will always be a special place for my family. We’ve met so many wonderful people here. Would everyone please come around to the front of the house so we can look out over the ocean and celebrate our new friendships?”

They all followed him.

A moment later the sky was ablaze with fireworks, enjoyed by thousands along the Jersey Shore.

Regan rested her head on Jack’s shoulder. “What do you want to do next weekend?”

“Come back here.”

Regan nodded. “Me, too.”

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