But he had to let go of Delia in the process.

But she could see the point in what Delia said.

He took Delia's hand and they started back the way they'd come.

He and his wife, Delia, raised five children in the family house.

But in fact Delia did not seem very much upset.

It had arrived several more times from friends of Delia's.

"Why don't you come on back in here, let Delia take a look at it?"

Delia moved away from where she'd had her ear to the front room door.

If either of those things had existed, then Delia would not be here.

"But the smart thing to do would have been to tell Delia he was taking off for a while."

But where was she supposed to start an investigation without Delia?

Take that idiot child and give her to Delia, will you.

For the first time since they had met, Delia smiled.

A few days later, Delia was finally released from the hospital.

According to Delia - and what higher authority is there?

"He wanted to know what she had said to me about Delia.

Delia came up and added a kick of her own.

Some thought Delia the most beautiful, but then she was the youngest.

But since then, Delia's has tumbled more than 50 percent.

Eventually everyone learned that it was Delia, no last name, who had been the girl of the moment a few years before.

He put a photo on the desk in front of Delia, pointed.

After several blocks, Delia picked up where she had left off.

The shock in Delia's face must finally have registered on him.

Delia stared at her nephew as if he'd lost his mind.

Delia looked back and forth between the two of them, confused.