Chapter 38

Becky settled herself under the sheets the following day after breakfast. Colin had left for New York at eight in the morning and she was already missing him. She remembered the paperback she brought with her and left the bed to get it. She had already read four chapters of it and it was interesting.

The story was about an undergrad named Helen, who was about to get married to an older rich man out of her will. Her family had been struggling financially for years and her father was more than happy when his boss's younger brother, who just got back from overseas, demanded the girl's hand in marriage.

She didn't want to marry him, because she was in love with someone else, Tommy, but her parents insisted she must. They insisted that it was her duty as their first child and only daughter to help out the family. 

She had no other choice than to break up with her boyfriend, who was also a student at the university she was attending. 

But the two of them