Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Five

Woody and Kendall were sitting in the living room of Rose Hill, and half a dozen men in white overalls were taking down the famous paintings on the walls and starting to dismantle the room's furnishings. "An era is over," Kendall sighed. "It's just the beginning," Woody said.He smiled. "I really want to see Paige and see her face when she finds out what that half of the property is." He shook his sister's hand and asked, "How are you? I mean about Mark." She nodded. "I'll get through it. Anyway, I've got a lot going on. In two weeks, I'm going to a pre-trial meeting. I'll see what happens when things are done."

"I'm sure everything will be fine." He stood up. "I have an important call," Woody told her.He had to break the news to Mimi Carlson. "Mimi," said Woody apologetically, "I'm afraid I'll have to go back to our old business. It's turned out in a way I didn't expect." "How are you, Woody?" "Fortunately, a lot has changed here. Peggy and I are done." There was a long silence on the phone. "Oh, are you going back to Hobe's Bay?" "Frankly, I don't know what I'm going to do?" "Woody?"

"Ok?" Her voice is very gentle. "Please come back." ※※※ Julia and Steve are outside in the yard. "I'm sad that things have come to this stage," Steve said. "I did it because you didn't get the money." Julia smiled at him. "I don't really need a hundred cooks." "Aren't you disappointed that you came here for nothing?" She looked up at him. "Did I really come here for nothing, Steve?" They couldn't tell who took the first step, but she was already in his arms.He hugged her tightly and they kissed passionately.

"I've been looking forward to this day since the first time I saw you." Julia shook her head and said, "The first time you saw me, you told me to get the hell out of this city!" He grinned. "Did I say that? I never wanted you to go." She remembered Sally's words: Do you realize a man is proposing to you? "Are you proposing?" Julia asked. He hugged her tighter. "Please believe that I am sincere. Will you marry me?" "Ah, yes!" Kendall came out to the yard, a sheet of paper in his hand. "I... I just got this letter."

Steve looks at her uneasily. "It's not something else...?" "No. I won the testy award." ※※※ Woody, Kendall, Julia, and Steve sat around the dinner table.Workers moved chairs and couches around them, ready to take them away. Steve said to Woody, "What are you going to do?" "I'm going back to Hobe's Bay. I'll report to Dr. Tichener first, and then I'll find a friend who has a troop of ponies to lend me." Kendall looked at Julia and asked, "Are you going back to Kansas?" When I was a little girl, Julia thought, I longed for someone to take me out of Kansas and take me to some mysterious place where I could find my Prince Charming.She took Steve's hand. "No," Julia said, "I'm not going back to Kansas."

They watched as two men took a giant photo of Harry Stanford down from the wall. Clark walked in grimly. "Excuse me, but there's a lady named Julia Stanford at the door." (End of the book)