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Show 61 sweet on Kathleen, who was warm and pretty, but not anywhere near as spunky as her mother. And Andy! What could Andy see in that giddy Virginia Ward? Serious, intelligent Andy, who'd read almost every book in the Carnegie Free Public Library, falling for Virginia Ward! She couldn't even finish a sentence without giggling. The whole notion of romantic love baffled Karl. Baffled him, but suddenly intrigued him, too. Maybe it would be nice to fall in love. Three weeks and one day after the first time Jame walked Kathleen home, Hugo and Maggie Rose Kerner went on their monthly jaunt to Pittsburgh. It was a Sunday, the day of shift change. Hugo had finished his night turn at 6 a.m. and would have twenty-four free hours before he began the day shift on Monday morning. After he reached home, washed, breakfasted, and fell into bed, Maggie Rose and the children walked to 7 o'clock mass at Holy Name Church. On their return, the Kerner children kept as quiet as possible to allow their father his rest, until Maggie Rose awakened her sleep-drugged husband at two in the afternoon. |