And Julie, standing next to Nick when he placed the call, could not help but wish she could see Dee’s shocked face as he gave her the scoop on his marriage, coolly explaining that some months ago, after reading one of Julie’s caustic columns about him, he had telephoned her for a meeting . . . and they had, of 'course, fallen in love. “You should have been an actor,” she told him afterward. “You sounded so convincing even I almost believed you.” “Let’s hope everyone else does,” he said tersely. “Now, call your parents and tell them.” Julie’s eyebrows shot up, and he said, “You don’t want the newsmen to descend on your parents and have them find out that way, do you?” Reluctantly she took the telephone he handed her and deposited the coins. The fact that she was married still seemed unreal to her. And the fact that the marriage would not have to last forever, as Nick had pointed out, made it that much more difficult for her to tell her parents. Fortunately her parents were out, but her grandmother seemed delighted by the news.
