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Like many women in this world today, Mary Jenkins was a lonelyShe had beendistance truck driver for twenty-five years and was usually gone froo after he retired fro chest pains one afternoon He suffered a heart attack and died before an eency rescue unit could reach him

It really came as a shock to Mary because Harry wasn't sick very often; he wasn't a ses He was always a picture of good health and had taken a physical two ood a shape as rown accustoone three days a week for twenty-five years of theirthere all the tie, but noas gone and she was really alone for the first time in her life The fact she didn't have any children to turn to only gave cause for the increase in her loneliness now There wasn't a lot of money left over from Harry's insurance policy after the cost of the funeral, burial plot etc

Mary couldn't afford to travel She was on a fixed inco around the house all day She was fed up with all the violence on the news and junk progra She desperately sought ways to co her of the few years she had left

One day while visiting a close friend, as also a , she was introduced to chat rooms on the Internet Until then Mary had never even heard of chat rooms and didn't knohat they were Her friend explained to her how she had discovered the coreat comfort to her and she would be miserable without her chat room friends who she talked to everyday

"I talk all over the world andIt's alain and in a way these people are part of ive our real names in chat We use nicknames we make up ourselves My nickname is Flower Power," her friend enthusiastically told her

A few days later Mary bought a coet connected and introduced her to the fascinating world of chat Mary chose the nickname Stardust Henceforth I will refer to Mary Jenkins as Stardust