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You can never guess what April's plan are as she
grows in her family and in her community
April's parent have April connect with loved ones
from her past. Her Birth Mother and Grandfather
April continues to help others but always prays to
God, her Heavenly father first, through all her trials.

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Publié par	iUniverse
Date de parution	05 octobre 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781663245335
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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The Girl in the Mirror Book 3
P. Costa

THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR BOOK 3

Copyright © 2022 P. Costa.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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ISBN: 978-1-6632-4533-5 (e)

iUniverse rev. date: 09/29/2022
Contents
Our Plan
“Mr. O’ Toole
Eddie The Swindler
Native Son
Race Day!
The Meat Stores
Let’s Do This Together
The Preakness Stakes
The Preakenss Stakes
Getting Ready For The Belmont
The Belmont Race
Hold On A Minute
Reporters Day!
Bagpipes
Olympics Again?
Bullies
The Gymnastic Tri-Meet
The Horrible Accident
The Skating Party
Winter Olympics
On To Poland
Winter Olympics
Parade and Picnic
The Dilemma
Lois
So Back To The Dilemma:
Flo
Hugh’s Prom
The Flower Show
Hugh’s Graduation
Farm Competition
Grandpa
The Milking Schedule
The Accident
Fixing Up The Park
The Election For Mayor

I would like to dedicate this book to my patient, kind husband, who so graciously did not mind all the hours spent writing, editing or sending the books, and financially supporting me.
And to my Dear friend Barbara who came to my rescue many times.
I am also very grateful for Lucy who kept me going with anticipation.
I did not save Lucy she saved me.

Within a month long after the Olympics were over. Long after the parade in Fresno welcoming April back. They had settled back into their routines with the exception of staring at the medals displayed in a wooden case in the parlor. One was Bronze the other two are Gold. Now April could start to work with the colt again who was half grown.
A production company came to the Di Angelo’s home. They were promoting songs by artists, and wanted to know if they could have written permission to use April’s ride with the U.S. Olympic Team. This would be on television to promote the song “JUMP” by Van Halen, to earn the team funds. They showed the Di Angelo’s a preliminary of the video they made and April loved it.

Within three months after the Olympics, investigators came. They came with a warrant when Gordon was not home. They were rude and pushy and Miranda Di Angelo was not having any of that. Miranda walked into her kitchen and locked the door. She called her husband to come home and asked him to bring some deputies with him.
Gordon Di Angelo was the Sheriff of the town. He was not an aggressive man. But if he was pushed or felt his family threatened, he would not stand by and watch that happen. His deputies brought with them a sense of calm, a witness, and common sense. As they came into the drive way, Gordon realized these were not police at all. They were private investigators sent by the state. Gordon got out of his cruiser and all four of his deputies joined him. “Good Evening” and Gordon extended his hand to shake theirs. They were not there to be friendly or to shake hands. “I am the Sheriff of this town and these are my deputies Gordon explained. I understand you want to take April Di Angelo with you, without an explanation.”
One of the men spoke, “We have a warrant for an arrest for the person or persons who abducted the girl April. She is to be taken back to her biological parents” he said.
“I don’t think so” Gordon replied. “You see, six years ago we adopted April and her name is Di Angelo. It is legal and I will show you the paperwork.”
Gordon invited he men into his home, while Miranda almost hissed. Gordon was back down stairs in no time to show the men the adoption papers, when they were signed.
Gordon explained, “You can see she arrived over six years ago on a bus. She did not know her last name, she did not know much where she came from, her address, nothing. She came with a small suitcase with old clothing and a stuffed tiger.”
“People on the bus took care of her. From our understanding, she was put on a bus to head to California to be with an Aunt. But no one came, no one showed up. In conclusion there was no Aunt.”
“April lived like a homeless person in an old car, fending for herself. I also want to say there were over two thousand fliers, on line notices, UPI wires sent looking for her parents. These were sent to law agencies everywhere. It was all legally handled by a law office here in Fresno.”
“All during that time we took care of her. No one abducted her. She was never stolen. If at all she left on her own. We have paperwork showing extreme abuse, from X-rays of old- fractures and scars. All of these came from the hospital when we legally adopted her. There is no way a family who hurt her, who abused her should ever have her back.” Gordon was in full swing of defending his daughter and their right as parents. “You may have copies of this paperwork, if you contact Judge Du Val at the county courthouse. He will be in tomorrow and his legal secretary’s name is Missy” he said.
The men each in turn examined the paperwork that was legal and notarized. There was a legal birth certificate and the Di Angelo’s listed as legal parents. They looked at each other and then one said. “We don’t know what happened. We do know there is a Mother that her child disappeared and she saw what she believed was her in the Olympics. She was adamant that the rider was her daughter. We had a very difficult time finding you folks and if we could just speak to your daughter, maybe we could clarify this and it would all be over with.”

Just then a car pulled up, it was Lauren, April’s friend with her Father Daniel. He was also a Congressman from their area. He was to pick up his daughter Lauren and April at the stable and bring April home. Miranda began to feel hot, and went outside.
Miranda motioned to Lauren and April that April should hide and said it in Spanish. April understood, she lay down on the back seat while Daniel pulled the car to the barn. April slipped out of the back seat door, crouched down, went to the barn, bridled Dobbins and rode out the back gate. April rode Dobbins across the meadow up over the hills and if she had to, she would stay outside all night long.
April thought while she was out, she would ride to the farms and feed the calves. During this time, Congressman Daniel came onto the porch with Lauren and spoke calmly with Miranda. “So, Lauren finished her lesson and was wondering when April was coming home?” he said winking at Miranda.
“Well, I don’t know Miranda said, you know how she is, it is hard to get her off of the back of a horse” and they both laughed.
The men in the house came out when they heard April’s name. “Is she here for us to talk to?” they asked.
“Oh no, we just stopped here to let Miranda know Lauren finished her lesson. She wanted to thank her, as April was the one who referred us to the trainers.”
“April was still at the center when we left.”
“Oh, may we have that address?” the investigator asked.
Gordon Di Angelo stepped outside, “No you may not have that address. April is a minor. No one is going to speak to her unless we are present. Now I have to admit you are getting on my bad side here. I already gave you information you will need and it is available tomorrow.”
The investigators stepped off of the Di Angelo’s porch and headed to their cars. No words were exchanged they simply backed out of the drive way and left
Gordon stood there with his deputies and told them to take the squad car and follow those fools. He wanted to know where they were going. Never in his life had Gordon been so upset, and now, where was his daughter?
Gordon realized April had come home with Daniel who the Congressman of their Congressional area. He asked Daniel, “What can I do about this? Do they have the right to come in be pushy and go threaten my wife?”
Congressman Daniel said “No, they do not have that right, they should have sent a certified letter. They were trying to show their weight or muscle, Daniel said. And that was very wrong. I am going to contact the Congressman and the Senator from the east, as this was clearly abuse of excessive power.”
Gordon thanked him and said he wanted to go out and find his daughter. Gordon shook hands with Congressman Daniel and went to the barn. He noticed Dobbins was gone and he guessed where April would be. Gordon saddled his mare and followed Dobbins tracks.

April was pitching hay to the calves from up on top of the barn when Gordon arrived at the barn.
“Hey you up there” he called to his daughter.
“Hey you, back at cha” April said smiling.
Gordon dismounted and went to help his daughter. April was almost finished, so they sat on a bale and talked.