This is a stand-alone story about the two women in the Paradise Theater serial, but it takes place at least a month before Miranda meets Paul at that theater. Later, in Chapter 6, he speculates that the two roommates are having an affair, and he is correct. This story describes their first sexual experience after they move in together.
Her strange request was to have grown three more inches, which was, she thought the difference between being 'dumpy' and wonderful. But he knew the truth. The three inches were not necessary at all.
Alexia, a guardian angel, comes down to earth and becomes human because she's in love with the man she has protected since he was born. He finds her crying on a park bench and unknowingly takes her in then learns her secret...