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In the beginning, they had been a happy couple. They had been a young woman and an older, protective man. He was a good man who had made a name for himself as an inventor and American Army Engineer. She was a young woman from a wealthy family who loved helping people. They met by chance on a rainy evening in August. He was hosting a charity benefit for her father’s organization. It was going well and the spirits in the room were high. There was dancing and laughing and light drinking.
And in the midst of all the dancing and laughing and light drinking, they started talking.
Started flirting.
Started loving.
It was the beginning.