Reluctantly Alice
“Lester turned twenty that Friday. He had just transferred from Montgomery College to the University of Maryland for his junior year, but was working part-time at an appliance store, so Dad and I waited till he got home to have his celebration. The problem was that two girls had sent him presents, and Lester had to tell one of them that it was over. I’d never seen him so miserable.
“Lester,” I said after he’d opened my present, which was two half-pound bars of Hershey’s chocolate, light and dark..., with and without almonds. Dad had gone out in the kitchen for the ice cream. “Why do you have to give one girl up? Why can’t you keep one as your true love and the other as best friend or something?”
“Don’t be stupid,” said Les. Then he remembered I’d just given him the chocolate, so he tried to explain: “I always thought it was the real thing with Marilyn, Al. And then, when she broke it off and I finally met Crystal, I figured maybe it was for the best, because I really like Crystal.MoreLess
“Lester,” I said after he’d opened my present, which was two half-pound bars of Hershey’s chocolate, light and dark..., with and without almonds. Dad had gone out in the kitchen for the ice cream. “Why do you have to give one girl up? Why can’t you keep one as your true love and the other as best friend or something?”
“Don’t be stupid,” said Les. Then he remembered I’d just given him the chocolate, so he tried to explain: “I always thought it was the real thing with Marilyn, Al. And then, when she broke it off and I finally met Crystal, I figured maybe it was for the best, because I really like Crystal.MoreLess
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