That was a great idea to go see Jack!! Jack can now help Myles, as Sue helped him see the kinder and loving side of life!!!
Joy
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wow powerfull post, i really liked the honesty...i'm glad myles is listening
myles can change and learn by hes mistakesmore soon please Rosa
Lin
Wonderful story, Rosa! Loved the conversation between Jack and Myles! Myles is so sad... 
but now he seems really willing to change.
Can't wait for more.
Ornella
Loved the conversation between Jack and Myles! Myles is so sad... but now he seems really willing to change. Can't wait for more.
Ornella
great words from jack
cath
cath
I'm glad Myles went to Jack. He was the best person to talk to, considering his past.
Oh -- I'll help you learn how to love, Myles! 
Did I just say that out loud?
kav
Did I just say that out loud?kav
Thank you, for your encouraging comments 
Part 29
“You really think he will change?” asked Sue as she climbed into bed beside Jack and shivered at the coldness of the sheets.
Pulling her to him for warmth he looked down into her face and replied “I think…..I don’t know….I think Bobby…coming to Charity”
“Was a blessing in disguise?” she suggested
“Yeah. I hope he thinks about what I said tonight and acts on it, if he truly mean what he said that he wants to find love, not just romantic love but love and respect from the community”
“I’m sure he wouldn’t have asked you for advice if he wasn't serious about making some positive changes in his life”
“Mmm, why are you always right?”
“I don’t know” she said with a cheeky grin, pulling him down so that his lips brushed with hers, entwining their legs, along with their already joined hearts. Familiar awareness surged between them like a hungry flame as they sank into a world of their own, exploring and loving each other as if it was their first time all over again.
^^^^^
“Anne” Myles said, “It’s late, what are you doing still up?”
“I could ask you the same thing” she said stepping into his study with a cup of cocoa in her hand
“I can’t sleep, have too much on my mind. You?”
“I was reading”
“Oh”
“Did you want something in particular?”
“Yes, come in sit down. I have something to say to you”
She looked at him surprised but compiled, especially as he asked so nicely which was so unlike him, or as he had been the last few years.
“Well say it”
“I want to apologise”
“What did you just say?” she asked leaning forward in her chair, not quite believing what he was saying
“I said I’m sorry”
“For what? What are you sorry for?”
“Everything. The way I have treated you, not listened to you. Noah. Everything”
“Noah? This has to do with Mr Manning showing up doesn’t it?”
“Yes”
“I’m glad he showed up Myles. I always wanted to meet the man who saved your life, we should invite him for dinner, what do you think?”
“Yes, I was also thinking perhaps…we….I should invite him to stay here, it must be cramped at the Hudson’s and here he can have his own room, his own space. I feel….” he stopped, overcome by emotion as his voice clogged.
Instinctively she moved forward, got up and walked round the back of his chair and drew her arms round him for a hug, it was uncustomary and slightly awkward but they both felt the bond nonetheless.
“I know you feel bad about Noah” she said “I know that you wished you could have known him like the brother he was and that you are jealous of Miss Dotson for having that relationship with him. And I know that Bobby saved your life and Father was more than grateful, hence the will and even though Bobby isn’t your brother, you could treat him as such, as an equal partner in the business he deserves more courtesy than you have shown him so far, and yet, still he is kind to you”
“I know…I have to talk to him…I have made a lot of mistakes I hope there is time to change all that”
“There is I am sure of it and you know what Myles? What better time to start than at Christmas”
Part 29
“You really think he will change?” asked Sue as she climbed into bed beside Jack and shivered at the coldness of the sheets.
Pulling her to him for warmth he looked down into her face and replied “I think…..I don’t know….I think Bobby…coming to Charity”
“Was a blessing in disguise?” she suggested
“Yeah. I hope he thinks about what I said tonight and acts on it, if he truly mean what he said that he wants to find love, not just romantic love but love and respect from the community”
“I’m sure he wouldn’t have asked you for advice if he wasn't serious about making some positive changes in his life”
“Mmm, why are you always right?”
“I don’t know” she said with a cheeky grin, pulling him down so that his lips brushed with hers, entwining their legs, along with their already joined hearts. Familiar awareness surged between them like a hungry flame as they sank into a world of their own, exploring and loving each other as if it was their first time all over again.
^^^^^
“Anne” Myles said, “It’s late, what are you doing still up?”
“I could ask you the same thing” she said stepping into his study with a cup of cocoa in her hand
“I can’t sleep, have too much on my mind. You?”
“I was reading”
“Oh”
“Did you want something in particular?”
“Yes, come in sit down. I have something to say to you”
She looked at him surprised but compiled, especially as he asked so nicely which was so unlike him, or as he had been the last few years.
“Well say it”
“I want to apologise”
“What did you just say?” she asked leaning forward in her chair, not quite believing what he was saying
“I said I’m sorry”
“For what? What are you sorry for?”
“Everything. The way I have treated you, not listened to you. Noah. Everything”
“Noah? This has to do with Mr Manning showing up doesn’t it?”
“Yes”
“I’m glad he showed up Myles. I always wanted to meet the man who saved your life, we should invite him for dinner, what do you think?”
“Yes, I was also thinking perhaps…we….I should invite him to stay here, it must be cramped at the Hudson’s and here he can have his own room, his own space. I feel….” he stopped, overcome by emotion as his voice clogged.
Instinctively she moved forward, got up and walked round the back of his chair and drew her arms round him for a hug, it was uncustomary and slightly awkward but they both felt the bond nonetheless.
“I know you feel bad about Noah” she said “I know that you wished you could have known him like the brother he was and that you are jealous of Miss Dotson for having that relationship with him. And I know that Bobby saved your life and Father was more than grateful, hence the will and even though Bobby isn’t your brother, you could treat him as such, as an equal partner in the business he deserves more courtesy than you have shown him so far, and yet, still he is kind to you”
“I know…I have to talk to him…I have made a lot of mistakes I hope there is time to change all that”
“There is I am sure of it and you know what Myles? What better time to start than at Christmas”
She's right. What better time than Christmas to change your ways?
myles is chan0ging and its for the best the joy of christmas does change things more soon please
Rosa
Lin
Yep -- Christmas is a good time to sort things out. And Anne's attitude was a lovely surprise.
kav
kav
i liked anna she was really nice and right...christmas really is the best time.
Anne is so right! And Jack and Sue... 
Em
Em
looks like myles is changing
cath
cath
QUOTE(Linny27 @ Dec 29 2006, 08:32 PM) 
She's right. What better time than Christmas to change your ways?
Ornella
Thank you.
Part 30
“Bobby” Myles said
Bobby looked up from where he was leaning over Lucy’s desk, sharing some intimate conversation which Myles couldn’t quite hear.
“Yeah”
“A word. In private. In the office”
“I’ll be right there” he answered, giving Lucy a ‘wonder what is up look’ and following Myles shutting the door behind him.
“Thank you”
“Pardon?” asked Bobby confused
“Thank you”
“That’s what I thought you said but why?”
“For making me see….the kind of man I am, have been and perhaps if you didn’t come here I would have remained as long as life itself. I also…want to apologise for my ungratefulness that you saved my life, not once but twice it seems and I don’t know how to replay your generosity”
“You don’t have to..”
“Yes I do”
“Well then …perhaps…I have actually a confession of my own, behind your back I organised a party in your home on Christmas Eve and invited all those who you had wronged over the years, with the hope that you might want to make amends”
“You…a party….in my home…without my knowledge…”
Bobby watched his splutter and pale and he wondered if in fact he had overstepped the mark this time with Myles.
“Are you okay? You need to sit?”
“No” he said brushing Bobby’s hand off his arm “But tell me what do I have to do? At this party”
“You have to be the perfect host. I’m sure you can do that, give them all a Christmas gift, that will go down well, remember you don’t have to buy a present for it to be the most wondrous gift they will receive”
Part 30
“Bobby” Myles said
Bobby looked up from where he was leaning over Lucy’s desk, sharing some intimate conversation which Myles couldn’t quite hear.
“Yeah”
“A word. In private. In the office”
“I’ll be right there” he answered, giving Lucy a ‘wonder what is up look’ and following Myles shutting the door behind him.
“Thank you”
“Pardon?” asked Bobby confused
“Thank you”
“That’s what I thought you said but why?”
“For making me see….the kind of man I am, have been and perhaps if you didn’t come here I would have remained as long as life itself. I also…want to apologise for my ungratefulness that you saved my life, not once but twice it seems and I don’t know how to replay your generosity”
“You don’t have to..”
“Yes I do”
“Well then …perhaps…I have actually a confession of my own, behind your back I organised a party in your home on Christmas Eve and invited all those who you had wronged over the years, with the hope that you might want to make amends”
“You…a party….in my home…without my knowledge…”
Bobby watched his splutter and pale and he wondered if in fact he had overstepped the mark this time with Myles.
“Are you okay? You need to sit?”
“No” he said brushing Bobby’s hand off his arm “But tell me what do I have to do? At this party”
“You have to be the perfect host. I’m sure you can do that, give them all a Christmas gift, that will go down well, remember you don’t have to buy a present for it to be the most wondrous gift they will receive”
bobby is really making myles see what he was likebut now he is changing for the better more soon please Rosa its
Lin
great plan bobby
cath
cath
Thank you all for your comments, it is appreciated
Part 31
The guests all put on their Sunday best to Mr Leland’s Christmas party, even though half of them despised him they came, if for nothing else to look at the house and it’s wonders. Tara looked up at the intricate carvings on the ceiling in the foyer with an open mouth, Stanley and Marcus following her lead. She walked into the grand ball room flanked by her men, her fingers laced with Stanley’s and her hand enfolded about their son’s. The Hudson’s walked in behind them, also all hand in hand and they too were amazed at the grandness of the house., after that the Dotson’s, then the Gans, and a large percentage of the people from Charity all filed in, until the room was full, not only of people but of a large tree bursting with presents beneath and table filled with food. Myles took the stand to say a few words for the occasion.
“I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all to the first Leland Christmas party, the first I hope of many more to come in the years ahead. I would also like to take this opportunity to advise all my employees who are here tonight of some changes which will come into effect immediately. Tomorrow, on the 25th of December the factory will be shut all day. As from the 26th all male workers will be put back on full time, unless they were employed as part time originally. In the New Year after I have consulted with my partner in some length we will announce a pay rise too. I hope that pleases every one of you here tonight. I would also like to welcome and introduce to you my new business partner Mr Manning”
There was a cheer and Bobby took to the stand and thanked Myles for organising the party, giving Myles a look which said ‘don’t spoil it, let them think this was all your idea’
With that done Myles officially opened the party and let the games and festivities begin.
^^^^^
There was food, there were party games, there was dancing and for the kids there was Santa, who handed out the gifts from around the tree, every child had a gift and every parent felt the happiness from within, that Santa hadn’t let their children’s hope and faith down after all. Even if there wasn’t any more gifts in their own homes that year, even if they would struggle that Christmas, the New Year brought hope, restored respect in their employers, faith but most of all love.
Lucy watched all she loved enjoy the party with rapturous expression all over their faces, the kids finding some corner to play with their toys, the adults dancing, swaying gently to the music which had toned down now the night was late.
She looked around for Bobby, she believed that all this wouldn’t have been possible if he hadn’t come to town. Her gaze rested on Myles who was looking quite wistfully at the scene before him and she went to speak with him instead.
“Mr Leland” she said gently
“Lucy” he said straightening up
“This party it’s great”
“Don’t thank me. It was Bobby’s idea, he arranged it all, with the help of my sister. I know he let everyone believe it was me…but the truth is , it was him”
“Maybe by arranging it this year you will instigate it next year. Perhaps you have learnt something from all of this?”
“More than you will ever know”
“Good. Happy Christmas Myles” she added with a sad smile.
Lucy was still looking for Bobby when he found her, and snaked an arm about her body pulling her close. “Mr Manning I have been looking for you”
“Now you’ve found me”
“I rather think it was the other way round” she smiled at him. “I….” she paused, sighed
“Lucy?” he asked searching her eyes for the truth in her soul
“Myles told me you arranged the party, and you let him take the credit”
“I wanted him to take the credit. It will be good for him, good for the town and that is important right now. However maybe you and I could have a private party of our own”
“Private party?” she asked not sure where he was going with this
“Yeah, come with me”
He led her by the hand through the wide corridors to a room which turned out to be the library.
“Wow I have never seen so many books” she gasped. Her gaze lingering over the wall to wall shelving all crammed with books of all sizes.
“I didn’t bring you here for the books”
“I guess not” she replied
Lucy felt his arm pull her close again, his breath hot on her cheek and she turned her face so that their lips met in a kiss so that her world began to spin.
“If” she said breathlessly “If you hadn’t saved Myles life in France we never would have met”
“There was a time, I wasn’t sure…… I felt that hadn’t been one of my best moves he was always so ungrateful, but now…”
“Now?” she asked gazing at him with tenderness and what she could only think might actually be love.
“Now …now with you in my arms and my heart I know it was worth it”
“A few weeks ago…until you walked into Charity, my life was….difficult a struggle but somehow your presence has managed to change all that and more, more than I ever dreamt and you know what?”
“What?” he asked softly
“It’s a wonderful life after all”
Bobby smiled and settled his mouth once again on hers in an all encompassing kiss which took them to a world of their own, a world and a life together that they would treasure forever
The End
Part 31
The guests all put on their Sunday best to Mr Leland’s Christmas party, even though half of them despised him they came, if for nothing else to look at the house and it’s wonders. Tara looked up at the intricate carvings on the ceiling in the foyer with an open mouth, Stanley and Marcus following her lead. She walked into the grand ball room flanked by her men, her fingers laced with Stanley’s and her hand enfolded about their son’s. The Hudson’s walked in behind them, also all hand in hand and they too were amazed at the grandness of the house., after that the Dotson’s, then the Gans, and a large percentage of the people from Charity all filed in, until the room was full, not only of people but of a large tree bursting with presents beneath and table filled with food. Myles took the stand to say a few words for the occasion.
“I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all to the first Leland Christmas party, the first I hope of many more to come in the years ahead. I would also like to take this opportunity to advise all my employees who are here tonight of some changes which will come into effect immediately. Tomorrow, on the 25th of December the factory will be shut all day. As from the 26th all male workers will be put back on full time, unless they were employed as part time originally. In the New Year after I have consulted with my partner in some length we will announce a pay rise too. I hope that pleases every one of you here tonight. I would also like to welcome and introduce to you my new business partner Mr Manning”
There was a cheer and Bobby took to the stand and thanked Myles for organising the party, giving Myles a look which said ‘don’t spoil it, let them think this was all your idea’
With that done Myles officially opened the party and let the games and festivities begin.
^^^^^
There was food, there were party games, there was dancing and for the kids there was Santa, who handed out the gifts from around the tree, every child had a gift and every parent felt the happiness from within, that Santa hadn’t let their children’s hope and faith down after all. Even if there wasn’t any more gifts in their own homes that year, even if they would struggle that Christmas, the New Year brought hope, restored respect in their employers, faith but most of all love.
Lucy watched all she loved enjoy the party with rapturous expression all over their faces, the kids finding some corner to play with their toys, the adults dancing, swaying gently to the music which had toned down now the night was late.
She looked around for Bobby, she believed that all this wouldn’t have been possible if he hadn’t come to town. Her gaze rested on Myles who was looking quite wistfully at the scene before him and she went to speak with him instead.
“Mr Leland” she said gently
“Lucy” he said straightening up
“This party it’s great”
“Don’t thank me. It was Bobby’s idea, he arranged it all, with the help of my sister. I know he let everyone believe it was me…but the truth is , it was him”
“Maybe by arranging it this year you will instigate it next year. Perhaps you have learnt something from all of this?”
“More than you will ever know”
“Good. Happy Christmas Myles” she added with a sad smile.
Lucy was still looking for Bobby when he found her, and snaked an arm about her body pulling her close. “Mr Manning I have been looking for you”
“Now you’ve found me”
“I rather think it was the other way round” she smiled at him. “I….” she paused, sighed
“Lucy?” he asked searching her eyes for the truth in her soul
“Myles told me you arranged the party, and you let him take the credit”
“I wanted him to take the credit. It will be good for him, good for the town and that is important right now. However maybe you and I could have a private party of our own”
“Private party?” she asked not sure where he was going with this
“Yeah, come with me”
He led her by the hand through the wide corridors to a room which turned out to be the library.
“Wow I have never seen so many books” she gasped. Her gaze lingering over the wall to wall shelving all crammed with books of all sizes.
“I didn’t bring you here for the books”
“I guess not” she replied
Lucy felt his arm pull her close again, his breath hot on her cheek and she turned her face so that their lips met in a kiss so that her world began to spin.
“If” she said breathlessly “If you hadn’t saved Myles life in France we never would have met”
“There was a time, I wasn’t sure…… I felt that hadn’t been one of my best moves he was always so ungrateful, but now…”
“Now?” she asked gazing at him with tenderness and what she could only think might actually be love.
“Now …now with you in my arms and my heart I know it was worth it”
“A few weeks ago…until you walked into Charity, my life was….difficult a struggle but somehow your presence has managed to change all that and more, more than I ever dreamt and you know what?”
“What?” he asked softly
“It’s a wonderful life after all”
Bobby smiled and settled his mouth once again on hers in an all encompassing kiss which took them to a world of their own, a world and a life together that they would treasure forever
The End
Beautiful job Rosa!!!! 
Em
Em
another great story rosa 
cath
cath
Beautiful ending, Rosa. I love how you fit in the title and neatly wrapped everything up for our couples -- excpet Myles. He doesn't have somebody special. 
Perhaps a sequel is in order?
kav
Perhaps a sequel is in order?kav
Beautifully written, Rosa!! Wonderful ending!!!
I would love to see Charity and its people in more stories!! There's still a lot to tell there!!!
Joy
I would love to see Charity and its people in more stories!! There's still a lot to tell there!!!
Joy
Good job!
thanks,
Terie
thanks,
Terie
Beautiful story Rosa and such a hard era to portray - you did it well showing the hopelessness as well as the sheer joy that friends and family bring!
Oh, Rosa, such a wonderful story! I'm so happy that Myles changed his ways and became the man we all know he can be.
Wonderful end to a wonderful story.
Wonderful end to a wonderful story.
beautifull rosa...i really liked it
Loved the story Rosa, but I agree that Myles needs someone special in his life.
Dianna
Dianna
WOW! Myles has changed a lot!
A wonderful story, Rosa! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
Ornella
A wonderful story, Rosa! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
Ornella
Most Excellent, Rosa!
Kim
Kim
It is indeed a Wonderful Life when you have love and friendship.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful story. the time period was interesting.
if only the 'Great War' had been the Last War.
hugs, skeeter
Wonderful story Rosa, and It's a Wonderful Life Great job turning Myles from yuk to lovable. Loved all the characters. 
Great job turning Myles from yuk to lovable. Loved all the characters.
Beautiful story with a very beautiful ending! Another excellent story from you Rosa17!
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