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‘Well, yes, I think so from what I saw at the last scan!’ she admitted ruefully. ‘Of course I could be wrong, and the truth is that Raphael doesn’t mind whether we have a boy or a girl, although personally…’ She gave a small sigh and then said softly, ‘I know it’s silly, but I can’t stop myself from imagining a little boy with Raphael’s features.’

‘It isn’t silly at all,’ Ruby immediately defended her. ‘It’s only natural. I love the fact that the twins and Hebe look like Sander.’

‘I feel the same way about Perry,’ Lizzie agreed, adding, ‘That’s what love does for you.’

Automatically they all turned to watch their husbands. ‘It’s lovely that our three babies will be so close in age—especially as the twins have one another,’ Ruby added.

‘Sander is so proud of the boys, Ruby. And proud of you, for the way you brought them up alone.’

‘I wasn’t alone,’ Ruby objected, pointing out emotionally, ‘They and I had both of you to support us and love us. I could never have managed without you.’

‘And we would never have wanted you to—would we, Charlotte?’ Lizzie told her.

‘Never,’ Charlotte agreed, squeezing Ruby’s hand.

For a moment it was just the three of them again, sisters bonded together by the tragedy they had shared, and by their love and loyalty for one another, but then Charlotte broke the silence, enclosing them all to say softly, ‘I think we must have some very special guardian angels watching over us.’

Once again they looked toward their husbands, before turning back to one another.

‘We’ve certainly been lucky to meet and fall in love with such very special men,’ Ruby said.

‘And all the more special because they think they are the lucky ones in having met us.’ Lizzie shook her head and then said ruefully, ‘None of us could have imagined how things were going to turn out when I was worrying so much about having to go out to Thessalonica.’

The look she gave Ilios as she spoke said very clearly to her sisters how much she loved her husband, causing both of them to turn and look at their own husbands with similar emotion.

‘There is something other than how happy we are now that we do need to discuss,’ she continued, explaining when Charlotte and Ruby looked at her, ‘The house. Ilios insisted on clearing the mortgage for me, because at that stage I still thought that you would both need it, and I transferred it into your joint names. Since none of us need it now, what I’d like to suggest is that we donate it to charity. I’ve been making a few enquiries, and there is a Cheshire-based charity that provides help for single mothers. If we deed the house to the charity then they can either use it to provide accommodation or sell it and use the money in other ways. What do you think?’

‘I think it’s an excellent idea.’

‘I agree.’

‘So that’s decided, then.’

‘There might be one small problem,’ Ruby warned. ‘Since Ilios cleared the mortgage, I rather suspect that Sander and Raphael will want to match his donation.’

Once again all three of them looked towards their husbands, exchanging smiles when the men looked back.

Three such male and strong men—strong enough to admit that they had been conquered by love and to show openly just how much that love meant to them.

‘We are so very lucky,’ Ruby announced, knowing that she was speaking for her sisters as well as for herself.

Sander, who had detached himself from Ilios and Raphael and was on his way towards them, overheard her, and stopped to tell her firmly, ‘No, it is we who are the lucky ones. Lucky and blessed by the gods and by fate to have won the love of three such true Graces.’

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