Part 143 (2/2)

”That's my girl,” cheered Audrey. ”That's the spirit.”

Maggie smiled. ”I guess I was kind of down, wasn't I?

Well, the cookies and pep talk were good medicine, Mom.”

”Sometimes, back in my counseling days, I wanted to

give cookies to my patients, but I was afraid it wouldn't look

very professional.”

”I don't know. Just think, you could have hung out a sign

that said 'counseling and cookies' and made a fortune,” sug-

gested Maggie.

”You know, you could be on to something with that

idea.”

Looking for You All My Life223

Then Maggie told her all about Gavin's new idea to

develop the property just north of them as a way to oppose

Pine Mountain Estates.

”And how do you feel about getting a ready-made com-

munity like that?” asked her mother.

”Okay, I guess. At least I'll have the a.s.surance that it'll be

done right. And Clyde said I could sit on the board if I like,

and that way I'd have a say about things. I do sort of miss

having neighbors. Not that they'd be all that 'close-barely

within walking distance really.”

”My, for a sleepy little town, how quickly things change

around here.”

”We're all keeping quiet about this idea, at least for the

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