Aphy
guitar. All three were enjoying the evening immensely.

Before the night was over, the singer sang a beautiful melody
called Maggie. No sooner had the song started when the expression
on Margurita’s face changed from joy to sorrow. Eileen and Velda
looked into their mother’s face. They saw a deep sadness in those
blue eyes, a sadness which revealed the deep ache in her heart. The
tears flowed freely, as Margurita finally gave herself permission to
mourm ... her thoughts raced back to a different time ...a day in
summer, when Alphy had first asked her to come and sit with him
to listen to the words of “our song”, the sweet melody of Maggie.
The memory was now as fresh and clear as it had been that day -
“But to me you're as fair as you were Maggie, when you and I
were young..

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