"Actually, the letter suggests that my real father
was older than Geraldine," I added,
"Do you think your father's name is in the other
letters then?" Misty asked.
I shrugged.
"How can you be so calm about it? Don't you
want to know who he is?" she asked.
"Sure she does," Jade answered for me, "but
you should know from our experiences at Doctor
Marlowe's that we don't just rush headlong into any of
this. It's too traumatic."
"But maybe when she finds out, she can go to
him and maybe he'll want her to move in with him
and be his daughter finally," Misty said in her dreamy
tone of voice again. Actually, it sounded more like
something she wished for herself.
Star shook her head.
"You do live in Never-Never Land, don't you?
That's the last thing her real father wants to happen.
He's probably got his own family and wife and how
do you think they'll feel learning about Cathy, huh?" "Oh," Misty said. Then she smiled. "So what?
We're here now. You don't need anyone else. Still,"
she said after a moment, "if it was me who didn't
know who my real father was and I had a chance to
find out, I'd be very excited and anxious to do it. I
wouldn't wait."
"Cat isn't you," Star said. "So shut up about it
already." Misty looked glum for a moment and then
brightened. "Let's talk about our first party. When
should we have it?" she asked.