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changing him now. Now would be too late anyway. To direct the angel's attention away from any further questions about her father, D.J. asked about lovean angel's favorite topicor at least her angel's. "How did it happen? Falling in love, I mean? So many people think they're in love, then in a blink of an eye they hate each other and it's over. So few find the kind of love you read about in fairy tales. The ones I've known who believe they've found a fairy-tale love end up agonizing forever over the loss of their one special personeither because of death or because said person didn't feel the same way about them. I couldn't stand to live the rest of my life in such pain. I watched my father live like that for too long." D.J. glanced at Josie just in time to see the angel wince. When Josie saw her looking she gave D.J. a brilliant smile that somehow didn't reach her eyes. Why did her father's neglect bother the angel so much? She began to ask, but the angel jumped into the silence and answered D.J.'s question, effectively cutting off any further queries. |
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"The reason so few people end up so happy is because they don't wait for the right one." |
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D.J.'s natural skepticism rose at Josie's confident statement. "You expect me to believe there's one right person for everyone?" |
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Josie shrugged. "There was for me. There is for you. Do you want to be happy or not?" |
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D.J. could see she would get nowhere arguing theory with the angel. Instead, she asked a question that had been foremost in her mind since Josie had crashed into her life with promises of happiness if |
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