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A Cerridwen Press Publication

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Timeless Wish

ISBN #1-4199-0648-8

Edited by Ann Leveille.

Cover art by Willo.

Electronic book Publication: June 2006

With the exception of quotes used in reviews, this book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in

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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales

is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.

Cerridwen Press is an imprint of Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.®

T IMELESS W ISH

Barbara Sheridan

Dedication

To Penni Ellington, who may love those Hillhouse boys even more than I do.

Trademarks Acknowledgment

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the

following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

CNN: Cable News Network LP, LLLP (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.)

Colt: New Colt Holding Corporation

Disney Channel: Walt Disney Productions Corporation

Duncan Phyfe: Duncan Phyfe Inc

FedEx: Federal Express Corporation

Formica: Formica Corporation

GMC Jimmy: General Motors Corporation

Reeboks: Reebok Sports Limited Corporation

Remington: Remington Arms Company, Inc

Sears: Sears Brands, LLC

The Twilight Zone: CBS Broadcasting Inc

Wile E. Coyote: Time Warner Entertainment Company

YMCA: National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations AKA YMCA of

The USA

Timeless Wish

Prologue

Indian Territory

New Year’s Eve, 1898

Staring off into the inky darkness, lost in thought, Sheriff Corby Hillhouse did not

hear the door open behind him. When his cousin Jason touched his arm, he jumped.

“C’mon back inside, Corby. It’s awfully cold and Star is worried about you being so

downhearted tonight.”

Corby flashed a false, casual smile, something he’d been doing for years. “I’m fine,

Jace. It felt a bit close in there with all the people.” The couples, his lonely heart

corrected. “You go back in. It’s almost midnight and if Star doesn’t get a New Year’s

kiss from you, she’ll whip out that bowie she carries for protection and skin us both

alive.”

Jason laughed before giving his widowed cousin a sympathetic pat on the back.

“My brother-in-law was just saying if you make a wish on the brightest star as the clock

strikes midnight that wish will come true.”

“Is that so?” Corby asked skeptically, his faith in wishes destroyed long ago.

Jason shrugged his broad shoulders. “That’s what Trevor said, but who knows?”

Corby answered with a sly grin, glad to see he wasn’t the only one not fond of the

arrogant surgeon.

The voice of Jason’s wife drifted through the partially opened door behind them.

“Has anyone seen my wayward husband?”

“You’d best get back inside,” Corby said.

Jason placed his hand on his cousin’s shoulder. “Happy New Year, Corby.”

“Same to you, Jace,” Corby replied out of courtesy, knowing full well that the

coming year might be every bit as miserable as the one ending.

Heaving a weary sigh, Corby brushed the dusting of snow from the porch railing

and leaned back, resting against the support column he’d helped his cousin cut from the

surrounding stand of trees. That was how long now? Close to six years.

Corby rolled a cigarette while trying to banish the twinge of jealousy that invariably

came when he thought of Jason and Star’s happy marriage. But hell, they deserved it

and he was glad his cousin wasn’t cursed as he was.

The sound of the partygoers inside counting down the final seconds of 1898

diverted Corby’s attention. The tall case clock near the front door began to chime.

Impulsively, Corby let his dark eyes search the sky for the brightest star and he made a

wish he felt would never be granted.

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