Affairs of a Life Ch. 05

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I continued visiting Chance in Canada each January for the next five years. And to this day, he still sends me a bottle of his wine on my birthday. Then one summer I came home from work, poured an iced tea and picked up my stack of mail -- my husband and I were in the habit of whoever picked up the mail quickly sorted and divided it into his stack and my stack. I was surprised to see a small envelope from Chance, opening it and reading out loud.

"Dearest Laine, I doubt that we will be seeing each other again, as I have recently married a wonderful girl -- her name is Jane. I have enclosed a couple of pictures.

Love,

Your Gentle Giant, Chance"

The first photo was of Chance and Jane. She was very pretty, rather tall and slim, but with mischievous eyes. The other was of Chance and me in my Carhartt photo -- the one that had hung above the restaurant bar the past several years, signed "Chance and Laine." I was so happy for him.