A Bitter Memorial
" Flora, did you hear what they are saying about Adrian?" Marissa's voice quivered as she leaned in across the small café table, her words slightly above a tale.
Flora's voice came back, low and flat," Yes, I did. They say he is been spotted with Alice again — mixed up in her schemes, of all effects. I can not believe it, Marissa. It's like a kick in the stomach, each over again."
Marissa's eyes glistered," I know, Flora. It's like every time I'm trying to assure you that everything will be alright, this news comes and shatters whatever hope you had left. How do you cleave to anything when the one person who was supposed to be your future turns out to be so unstable?
Her voice shook with rage and anguish," I was finished with it. I believed that awful day, the marriag
