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"I will never hurt you," I said. "I promise. You are everything I could ever want."
And then she smiled her beautiful smile and for the first time we kissed, and I knew I would keep my word.
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That New Year snow came from the North and the snow lay deep on the streets and drifted under the influence of a cold and bitter wind. For Alice and me it was the winter we found love, and forty years on we remain together and have raised two children. I have been faithful ever since I met Alice for the second time, and she never asked me about Mona or Valeria again.
Alice is the love of my life and my soulmate, but I still wonder what would have happened if either she or I had not attended either one of the Christmas parties, or if Alice had not arranged to sit next to me at the second. Would we have ever found each other? I asked Alice this question once and she told me that when she changed the seating plan "she was giving chance a little prod. Statisticians understand all about the vagaries of fate."
What she could never explain was why she wanted to sit next to me in the first place. Why would a shy, introverted, and distrustful virgin wish to spend an evening talking to a promiscuous extrovert like me?
Heaven only knows but thank goodness she did!
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- COMMENTS
RABSTA6 months agoThis story was good for the first 2 pages. The third page was a repeat of part of the first page and I never did find the end. You need to take it down and reformat it!
mac1729over 1 year agoNice story of real life and how we meet the one we are fated to be with. I often wonder what if I made this choice or that career move would I have still met my wife? We have had 30 years together and still going strong.
Thanks for writing
BlissMaraover 1 year agoA fantastic conclusion to life's collisions of fate, and lust, and circumstance. All is experience, all is fate. A lovely, well-rounded story. 5* I so enjoyed this read!
Overcriticalover 1 year agoThe intent of the alternative plot lines was good, but the execution was terrible. I liked the story, but I don't know what we gained with the bouncing plots. I had a sneaky suspicion that Alice would end up being the focus of the love story, but it certainly was difficult to get to. 5*
Davester37over 1 year agoI liked reading this story. The format is a bit unusual, but certainly not too difficult to follow. Your characters are engaging and likable, and I especially like the details that make the setting more vivid to me. As always, thank you for writing and thank you for sharing your work.
Anonymousover 1 year agoNeither rugger or soccer!!!!!! Gridiron football!!! Nuff said. Nice story, I like it when less than perfect people come out on top.
Be Well and Happy!
HappyEndingsLoverover 1 year agoExcellent story on random chance mixed with taking initiative. Very well written with just the right amount of detail.
Anonymousover 1 year agoMy Alice wasn’t any innocent, but, like yours, we’re still together after the same forty years. Long live the fate that brought us into each others’ lives. 5 stars.
The_Licentious_Laureateover 1 year agoInteresting concept with the two story arcs that end up in the same place. As it starts in 1977, I found the description of one of the girls as being clean shaven below slightly jarring as this didn’t really come in until much later. Also, I’m with Anna, definitely prefer rugby union. As someone who was a UK teenager in the 1970’s, watching all the ‘aggro’ and ‘bovver’ on the news as different sets of so-called football fans went at each other essentially put me off the sport for ever. I remember ‘fans’ having the laces removed from their boots (DM’s) before they could go onto the terraces, probably to make it impossible for them to run away from the police.
