Fri, 30 Sep 2005

Hail and Farewell: Part III

I have already written of the changes that came over Beth during her freshman year in college. She was slowly but unmistakably growing a little more aloof as the weeks and months passed. Sometimes she would go as far as to suggest that we should "slow down" and "not see each other" as often as we had in the past -- strange words to hear from one's fiancée. But then things would get better, and everything would seem back to normal for a while.

Then, in the late winter of the following year, everything came crashing down.

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