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“You're already old, and I've met someone else, with whom I feel reborn. So goodbye,” said the husband to his wife of 25 years. But a year later, he came back and froze on the spot when he saw what had happened to her.
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"Mommy, why do you sound so lifeless? Can you hear me, are you there?" Gayle's soft voice from the cell phone echoed with concern in the mother's ear.
"Yes, yes, sorry, daughter, you know how I can easily fall out of the conversation after work," Samantha tried to infuse her voice with a semblance of lighthearted calmness.
"So, Tom, Naomi, and I are visiting you on Christmas, or do you have other plans? Let me know immediately, so I can quickly adjust our plans."
"Honey, frankly speaking, I'm not sure about your Dad's plans," Samantha exhaled. "I can only assume they're wonderful. It's a shame to say, but he left me for a younger, beautiful woman. They've been seeing each other for a while now, so we're going to divorce officially. I'm sorry to drop such news on Christmas. You know I've never been good at keeping things from you."
"Mommy, I'm coming to see you! As soon as Tom gets home from work to watch Naomi, I'll grab a cab and be right away!"
"Gayle, I'm fine. You don't need to disrupt a two-year-old's schedule because of me. It won't make me feel any better.
"Mom, that kid has a dad, a perfectly adequate, responsible modern father! You can fool anyone with your calm voice, but not me! I'll be an hour and a half!"
Samantha listened to three quick beeps in the receiver and smiled sadly. She considered herself fortunate to have the daughter like Gayle ; not everyone is so lucky. Samantha learned about the challenges of adolescence from other people's stories. She also managed to avoid the drama of Gayle's first love. In fact, there was no drama at all. Gayle took her studies seriously, found a job in her second year, and managed to balance both. By the end of her time at the college, she had saved up for a vacation to Italy, with a little help from her parents.
On the plane, Gayle met her future husband, Tom. They spent a week in Venice, Florence, and Rome. Six months after returning home, they got married and welcomed their daughter, Naomi.
Samantha found joy in her role as a devoted grandmother, feeling almost perfectly content.
She and her husband Mark led a perfectly typical life for a long-time couple. They didn't quarrel or dispute fundamental issues.