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BY RICHARD LEON
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I he scene is the office of a Beverly Hills physician. The doctor is smiling broadly. His nurse says ecstatically, “Isn’t it the most wonderful news?”
In a chair facing the desk sits a beautiful girl, looking slightly dazed. “I still think somebody made a mistake,” she answers.
Easily the calmest person in the room is her husband, a big, rough-haired individual named Mike O’Shea. “I was almost sure,” he remarks. “She’s been looking different lately. Besides, I’ve been having morning sickness almost every day.”
End of scene. After six childless years of marriage during which they have longed to be parents, Virginia Mayo and Michael O’Shea have been informed that at last they will be — probably in late October.
What does the happy couple do on such a great occasion? Does the expectant father buy gifts? Do they go out and celebrate with champagne — -or go home and hold hands in front of the open fire? “Sure, I bought her a present,” says Mike. “I went right downstairs, over to the corner pharmacy and got her some calcium for Building Strong Teeth and Sturdy Bones.”
“And then we went and looked at houses.” adds Virginia. Not, she explains, that they intend to buy a new one; she just likes to look at houses. For the coming of the baby they will add to their own charming home in Van Nuys, as soon as they find an architect “to expand the house upward.” Because of the existing floor plan they cannot sensibly spread the house out any further, so a second story will be built over the wing containing Virginia’s bedroom. ( Continued on page 94)