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store. It wasn't like being able to hand pick everything but at least th. thought was there.

Gloria left the room for a few minutes and returned with a large hat box, and handed it to Tom. He opened it excitedly and discovered a beautiful blonde wig. "You remembered what I had said about missing my hairpiece. Thank you

Gloria, thank you." He was too choked up to talk

anymore.

"We want you to be happy," she replied "and Jim and I understand how hard these past days have been on you. We could tell by the way you talked about dressing, so we figured that Lois should have a Merry Christmas also."

She didn't have to say anymore. Tom jumped up from his chair and took his hairpiece to his room.

He was gone for about an hour and during his absence the three friends talked about Tom's case and what he was going to do after the mess was cleared up. Jim advised them that he was going to haul Tony in for a deposition in order to get his valuable testimony on record. Cole told them about handing Tony the subpoena for the deposition which was set for December 26th.

Lois stood at the top of the stairway, half afraid to come down. She had checked her make-up a dozen times and had started down the steps almost as many. Finally she took a deep breath and said to herself, "Its now or never."

Lois

Lois was half way down the steps when Cole Looked up from his coffee and gave a wolf-whistle. Jimmy and Gloria turned around and looked up. was wearing a full skirted cocktail dress of blue. Her hair had been neatly combed and around her neck she wore the necklace that Cole had given her. She did her best to walk gracefully down the steps

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