Reading a Story Online, Old Lady Recognizes Own Love Story from 40 Years Ago and Writes to Editor — Story of the Day
An old woman comes across an article online about a couple whose love was stifled by the man’s parents and realizes that the story perfectly matches what happened with her old flame.
Carla Graves, a 60-year-old woman, lived alone in her apartment. She had no friends, family, or children because she had never been married. Her life was simple; all she did all day was sit in her favorite armchair, reading the news and life stories of other people on her favorite website.
If she wasn’t doing that, Carla was busy solving crossword puzzles or baking her favorite pastries out of her recipe book. One day she got out leftover cookies she had baked some time before and sat down to pore through her favorite website.
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One particular story caught her eye, and she started reading, anticipating the gratuitous feeling of reading about lovebirds who found their way to each other — something she had been denied.
The love story was about two teenagers from different backgrounds who fell in love with one another against all odds.
The boy was from a rich background, while the girl’s family was poor. The first couple of paragraphs had Carla’s throat clogged because the girl being described reminded her of her own humble origins.
Nevertheless, the lonely woman pushed on, but the more she read, the more similar the story became to her own, which transpired some 40 years before.
It can’t be, she thought. It’s just a coincidence. A very specific one, a dry voice whispered in her head.
“Oh keep quiet,” she said out loud, banishing the voice before she kept reading.
But with every line she read, Carla’s suspicion grew. Is this really a coincidence? She wondered.
It looked very much like the romantic relationship she had shared with John Ginger – her schoolmate. They had become an item in college when he had approached her to ask for help with a difficult course he kept failing.
She’d gotten into the college on a scholarship and had been known as a brilliant lady by all, which is why John reached out to her for help.
One particular story about lovebirds who found their way to each other caught Carla’s eye, and she started reading | Source: Pexels
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