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We drifted apart andeach other the following su for excuses Toward the end ofman from London His father was a ot to see many royal events I would never have experienced
However, our relationship thinned when I left to spend the sued the next time I saw him I didn't feel bad I felt it was meant to be No promises No heartbreaks No tears
I was able to return early enough the following year to go with everyone to Harley's college graduation He had done very well and won some awards in architecture The result was he landed a job with a prestigious firrown taller, firmer, far more mature Uncle Roy was very proud, and they were truly like father and son We were all proud
Late July of that year Mommy became very sick with another one of her infections She nearly died It seee Daddy It drove hoile she had beco by and pluck her out of our home If he was a nervous Nelly before he ice one now, and she bawled him out often for it
"I' anywhere so soon Austin" she assured hi me like thin china Go to work,"
Finally, he backed off
Mo just enjoying the lake, the birds and the soft breeze whenever it ca a summer class in French literature, and we often talked about the books She had read most of them, but reread them with me
I had a few dates with so ca ould really become of me
In an that Aunt Alison had eloped with a stockbroker orked on Wall Street He had gotten her a job in a major hotel in their business department, and they had a very nice apartment on the East Side of Manhattan One weekend she appeared with him His name was Brad Richards and he seemed remarkably substantial and down-to-earth for someone Aunt Alison would choose
"Maybe she's finally growing up" Mommy said afterward, "Maybe she's just tired and a
fraid"
We're all afraid I thought Deep down inside ourselves, no matter how successful we are or how brave we seem, we're all re ally afraid
I had decided to finishin the States and had transferred to the University of Virginia A week before I was to go Harley appeared He hadn't been hoone to see his to report
Harley drove up in a late-rown up and
established I al in a beach chair reading Moone in with Mrs Geary and Daddy was at his office