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A KISS GOODBYE
This happened to my brother, and I will never forget the
look on his face when he told me. First, some background
information.
My brother (we'll call him Fred) and his girlfriend (we'll
call her Jenny) were both in college, close to home, and
had been going out for a year. They had seriously been
considering marriage. Now for the story.
Late one night Jenny was going to go out with her friends,
and invited Fred to go with her, since all of her friends
knew and liked him. He declined, saying that he needed to
bring up his grade with some extra credit, and that Jenny
should just have a night out with the girls. She tried
one last time to convince him, but yet again he declined.
She left her tiny apartment, telling him that they were
just going to see a movie, and just cruise around town in
Jenny's new car. Fred got to his studying (he really did
have some extra credit to do) and thought nothing more
about Jenny and her friends.
Later that night, Fred awoke with a start, realizing that
he had fallen asleep working. He noticed that his room
was very cold, and realized that this was what had woken
him up. He got on to turn up the heater, when he noticed
that Jenny was home. He got up to hug her, but she just
looked at him, very sadly. Fred noticed that something
about her was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger
on it.
Jenny turned toward a picture of her and Fred, both
laughing while looking at each other, and sadly kissed her
fingers, then pressed them to Fred's cheek. He was
startled at how cold they were. That was the last thing
that he remembered.
The next morning I was at Fred's apartment, when he came
into the kitchen and asked me where Jenny was. I told him
that I hadn't seen her, and thought that she had been in
the bed with him. He then paled, and told me about the
night before. Then, if possible, his face got even paler,
and he said that he realized what had been wrong with
Jenny. He had been able to see the window right through
her!
Five minutes after he made that discovery, the phone
rang. It was the police, saying that Jenny had died in a
crash the night before, while driving home to him. It had
just been her in the car. He was devastated, but also
glad. Glad that he had been able to have one last
goodbye.
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