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a little time to get over this one.”
Dick Clark’s voice took their attention back to the TV. “We have a special guest with us tonight who wants to send out a plea to that special someone if she is watching.”
“Great another drunk guy proposing to his girl on New Year’s Eve,” Beth muttered and rolled her eyes.
“Someone should go warn them it’s a mistake or at least bop her on the head before she says yes,” Ileana commented and sent them both into a fit of giggles.
It wasn’t some drunk guy who popped up on the big screen in the center of Times Square. It was Casey, dressed in a thick turtleneck and a coat against the very cold chill of the night and with an entreaty in his eyes.
“Oh my God, it’s Casey,” Ileana whispered.
“No way!” Beth exclaimed and sat forward in her seat and grabbed the cookies. “This is going to be so good.”
Casey took the microphone handed to him and began to speak. “On Christmas Day, I made a mistake that cost me the best woman I have ever met. The woman I fell in love with but was too scared to admit it. Now I can’t find her anywhere. So this was my last hope to be seen nationwide hoping she sees this and hears my plea. Ileana, I love you. God, I love you so much! I am a dumb ox, a stupid fool, and every other thing you can think of to call me. I’ll listen to them all if you just come home.”
“Don’t forget son of an onion.” A hand grabbed the microphone and Jeff’s face popped up on the screen. “Ileana, he is an ass. Don’t hold it against him.”
Ileana laughed in delight.
“Shut up, Jeff,” Casey grumbled and snatched the microphone back.
He stopped and took a breath. Ileana still held hers as she watched. “Baby, I made a mistake from the time you showed up on my doorstep. You showed me how to live again how to laugh and not to be alone. The monsters are gone, and all I see now is how much I need you. Ileana, no gift mattered in my life more than this. Come home, my love, because all I ever wanted for Christmas was you.” After he spoke, the crowd cheered. “I’ll be waiting here all night if I have to for you to be here with me. There’s a cop car on
Chambers Street
waiting. They’ll bring you to me. Come home, Ileana. I love you and just . . . come home.”
His face stayed on the screen while the crowd went wild. She looked into his eyes, and even though he was on TV, she could see he meant every word he said.
“What are you going to do?” Beth was practically bouncing on the cushions with excitement.
“I think I’d better go to him.’ Ileana beamed as the heaviness from her heart lifted.
“You’d better. If not, I’d go in your place.” Beth laughed. “Let’s go get dressed and head out of here. We have an hour before the ball drops, and I’m not missing this for the world!”
As they threw on clothes, Ileana felt herself soaring to new heights of happiness. They rushed out the door hailing cabs as they ran down the street until one finally stopped. She had someone waiting for her, and she wouldn’t be late.
By the time the cabbie got to Time Square, the throngs of people seemed to be bursting out of the police barrier. Just like he said a police car was waiting to take them to Casey.
When they got into the car, one of the officers commented, “You must be something special to have this kind of thing happen just for you.”
“I didn’t know I was.” Ileana grinned as the sirens were put on and they sped away. It was three minutes before midnight when they were led though the crowd. For every step they took, the crowd pushed them back two even though they had a police escort. Finally, the tower in Times Square where every New Year’s Eve celebration was filmed came into view. She could see Casey waiting nervously at the bottom looking in every direction hoping to see her.
“Casey!” she called out over the noisy crowd. He
Dick Clark’s voice took their attention back to the TV. “We have a special guest with us tonight who wants to send out a plea to that special someone if she is watching.”
“Great another drunk guy proposing to his girl on New Year’s Eve,” Beth muttered and rolled her eyes.
“Someone should go warn them it’s a mistake or at least bop her on the head before she says yes,” Ileana commented and sent them both into a fit of giggles.
It wasn’t some drunk guy who popped up on the big screen in the center of Times Square. It was Casey, dressed in a thick turtleneck and a coat against the very cold chill of the night and with an entreaty in his eyes.
“Oh my God, it’s Casey,” Ileana whispered.
“No way!” Beth exclaimed and sat forward in her seat and grabbed the cookies. “This is going to be so good.”
Casey took the microphone handed to him and began to speak. “On Christmas Day, I made a mistake that cost me the best woman I have ever met. The woman I fell in love with but was too scared to admit it. Now I can’t find her anywhere. So this was my last hope to be seen nationwide hoping she sees this and hears my plea. Ileana, I love you. God, I love you so much! I am a dumb ox, a stupid fool, and every other thing you can think of to call me. I’ll listen to them all if you just come home.”
“Don’t forget son of an onion.” A hand grabbed the microphone and Jeff’s face popped up on the screen. “Ileana, he is an ass. Don’t hold it against him.”
Ileana laughed in delight.
“Shut up, Jeff,” Casey grumbled and snatched the microphone back.
He stopped and took a breath. Ileana still held hers as she watched. “Baby, I made a mistake from the time you showed up on my doorstep. You showed me how to live again how to laugh and not to be alone. The monsters are gone, and all I see now is how much I need you. Ileana, no gift mattered in my life more than this. Come home, my love, because all I ever wanted for Christmas was you.” After he spoke, the crowd cheered. “I’ll be waiting here all night if I have to for you to be here with me. There’s a cop car on
Chambers Street
waiting. They’ll bring you to me. Come home, Ileana. I love you and just . . . come home.”
His face stayed on the screen while the crowd went wild. She looked into his eyes, and even though he was on TV, she could see he meant every word he said.
“What are you going to do?” Beth was practically bouncing on the cushions with excitement.
“I think I’d better go to him.’ Ileana beamed as the heaviness from her heart lifted.
“You’d better. If not, I’d go in your place.” Beth laughed. “Let’s go get dressed and head out of here. We have an hour before the ball drops, and I’m not missing this for the world!”
As they threw on clothes, Ileana felt herself soaring to new heights of happiness. They rushed out the door hailing cabs as they ran down the street until one finally stopped. She had someone waiting for her, and she wouldn’t be late.
By the time the cabbie got to Time Square, the throngs of people seemed to be bursting out of the police barrier. Just like he said a police car was waiting to take them to Casey.
When they got into the car, one of the officers commented, “You must be something special to have this kind of thing happen just for you.”
“I didn’t know I was.” Ileana grinned as the sirens were put on and they sped away. It was three minutes before midnight when they were led though the crowd. For every step they took, the crowd pushed them back two even though they had a police escort. Finally, the tower in Times Square where every New Year’s Eve celebration was filmed came into view. She could see Casey waiting nervously at the bottom looking in every direction hoping to see her.
“Casey!” she called out over the noisy crowd. He
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