s she threw the resignation letter in his face and ran to her car, crying, she swore to remain single. There was not going to be Marriage for her as long as she was concerned and she

hat day and tried to chee

licia, she told herself that she would be fine. She had applied for a

e table and Ruth could not but notice the look of r

re now because I have a shift to wo

s and the shadows under her eyes caused by insomnia was one she could not conceal, n

y are you s

pretend not to have seen t

ause I have not been able to raise my rent and, I spoke with my boss, Ford but he told me he is teetering on the brinks of bankruptcy and doesn't

ed ready to burst into t

ong, Ruth? A

uth was still drunk with grief from hav

and i am now looking for a good job, Alicia. You can move i

to form in her eyes and she swip

of this. I can not come and put up with

some time and then we figure out a

ardest thing and for that reason, I don't want to be evicted fro

aid. She

in the next few minutes.

or fruitless adventures and she had not thought to get her keys from him only to give him when it was necessary until s

YEVICH and AN

ilt brat whom he had been match made with. Few things about his parents annoyed him and their constant desire to pick what they thought was best for him was one of those things. He had drummed it int

edingly well with the family business and they now made thrice what they made from exporting and planting olive oil.. his father had retired the previous year, leaving him to run the business all alone and he was doing good and making the man proud until he had been match made with one of his father's allie's daughter. The lady, Antonia had been uninteres

uld never have anything to do with..she was

her glee for a smoke. She smoked and blew the puffs in his face and he hated her for it. He had told his parents angrily that he was

supposed to be courting her. Soon, they would get married..he knew he could back out at anytime and still not lose anything but for some reason, he wanted to see how it would turn out with Antoni

r too long until she lifted her head from the ph

staring

gritted teeth. He

had my mind elsewhere and was totally ignorant

ded against it. She forced a tight smile. He had sai

es from me. You can mess with your

id. He

sounded too good even to him then when he had introduced her only few days after he was in town. She had flown in from france and had made a show of demanding certain French dishes at dinner which unfortunately, Imelda had not made available.

ened the door to him, still on her towel. He was torn between asking her outright to marry him and having her body

t no

d him pl

it, the freshly cut flowers that had been left earlier in the vase still smelled good. The fragrance hung deeply in the air and he knew he would no

than she was. He was taller than most ladies he had met and in a room