Brian did not call her Betsy but gave her his own pet name, Amy, which was short for Amethyst which is what he insisted, was the color of her eyes, a ...ark amethyst. In public Elizabeth would be quick to join in the disparaging remarks of her husband audacity to bring Betsy into their home, Lord of Maldon or not. Betsy also knew that her being named after her father's wife grated severely on his wife.It was when Brian and Betsy were fifteen and in the last years of their secondary schools; Brian. A sense of peace on one hand, and a sense of loss on the other. Karin had been right in that every decision that I’d made had marginalized her. At the time, each choice seemed right to me, but as Karin had pointed out, it was only right for me, without consideration of how it affected others.Karin’s reproof of my behavior had caused me to try to think of how my decisions would affect others, and I’d learned an abject lesson about that when I’d made the arrangements with Anala. Arrangements that. It took me a full fifteen years to finally see that one last place. No, it wasn't the girls' locker room; I'd seen that in fifth grade!In the last year of graduate school I made a pilgrimage to my boyhood town. I figured that it might be the last time I would ever have chance to revisit it. That assessment was sound, for I never have had such opportunity since. On the trip I even manage to connect with my old best friend from the neighborhood – but that's another story. This is about the. Of course, given what he just witnessed in the driveway, he could have guessed that we don't mind company ... at all. But knowing what I do about our plans in the restaurant, I was hoping for a little "alone" time with you while we had a chance.I start to decline his offer when I look up at you, leaning against the back of the elevator with one foot on the floor and the other propped against the wall behind you, your knee lifting the hem of your short dress nearly to the point of exposure.The.