She’ll be a good wife. I’ll be watching to see how good a husband you are.’ ‘You’re welcome to watch.’ The wedding wasn’t very big. Most...of my friends from before I joined the military had moved away and we had lost touch. Marie was not the most popular girl in town. She was quiet, shy and seemed to blend in rather than stick out. Three days after the wedding we relocated to my new duty station, a thousand miles away from Momma. Momma didn’t like that. I thought things went pretty well for us.. That left lighting. Since it was plenty cold out to freeze meat I wanted to pillage all the local grocery stores. Next on my list after that was to hit a home building store for oil lanterns and fuel. Then I figured we should take a trip out to the farm to see what sort of condition it was in.Old Jerry, the previous farm manager, had died a few years before. The new manager changed prices for events downwards and there were a lot more events on the calendar. That brought in scads of paying. ”“One last kiss,” Stephen said.“Okay,” Mel said.It was fifteen minutes later that she pulled away from the house. Stephen stood at the street watching her car until it disappeared around a corner. Jane opened the front door and called out, “Come in and have a cup of coffee before you go to the office.”“That sounds like a good idea, Jane,” Stephen said. He wasn’t sure that he was ready to face a day in the office.It was an hour later when Titus shuffled into the office with a sad face. Julia was. Mama sunniyai kaiyil pidithu adithu konde sappa aaarambithen, appadi umbinaal sunniyil vinthu seikiramaaga vanthu vidum.Mama sunniyai niraiya murai umbi umbi enaku pazhakam agi vitathu, intha murai seikiram mamavai veetil irunthu anapa vendrum endru vegamaaga suniyai umbi kondu irunthen. Vickey veru ulle enakaaga kaathu kondu irukiraan. Mama suniyai irukamaaga pidithu umbinen appozhuthu mama sunniyil velai vinthu vanthathu.Mama sunniyai suvaithu vittu kanjai kudithu pinbu mamavai veetil irunthu.