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= **Jordyn Freed** = = =   There is no Parting when it comes to Love By Jordyn Freed Harriet Sachs was born to an upper-class modern family. She had a sweet mother, hard-working father, and a slightly over-protective older brother. Harriet attended school at Cheltenham School District for her early education.She later went on Penn State University where she majored in education. She had the picture perfect life, but that would all change after she met the love of her life. Maurice Simon was born to a poor family. His parents died in a car accident when he was eighteen and he was left alone to raise his sixteen year old twin sisters. He finished high school, but never went to college.Instead, he became a car salesman and mechanic for Ford. He swore he would never marry until his sisters wed. He was living a life of misery, but that would all change after he met the love of his life. FIVE YEARS LATER One day, when Harriet was driving home from her job, her car broke down. She called Ford and they said they would send someone immediately to help her. Maurice’s boss told him about the broken-down car, and said to go take a look. He got into his red convertible and drove off to see what the problem was. When he arrived at his destination he got out and saw the beautiful Harriet. When Harriet saw him she lost her breath, while Maurice got lost in her light blue eyes. Neither said a thing or moved an inch, they were to caught up in each others presence. It was truly love at first sight. Finally, Maurice snapped out of his gaze and asked what was wrong with the car. Harriet showed him the problem and he began fxing it. Harriet watched as he meticulously glided his hands along the hood of her car. When the car was repaired they talked awhile, but Maurice had to hurry back to work, and Harriet had to return home before her parents got worried. They exchanged phone numbers and soon they were each off on their way. When Harriet got home there was a message waiting from Maurice. They talked for hours. They learned everything about each others life. When they finally hung up it was as if their worlds had ended. They missed each other so much. This made Harriet worried because she knew that she had found the man she dreamed about, but she also knew that her parents would never approve of this car salesman. Maurice was also heartbroken because he knew they would have to wait a long time to get married, due to the promise he had made to his sisters. He decided to keep the love of his life away from his sisters, so that they would not feel responsible for his misery. Harriet also decided to keep her love a secret so her parents would not be disappointed in her choice of a boyfriend. From that point on they never saw each other, but they still talked on the phone every night for countless hours. Occasionally, when his sisters were out and Harriet’s parents were not home he would go over her house. They enjoyed their time together more than anything else in the world! THREE YEARS LATER After many phone calls, and sneeky meetings they were more in love than ever. One week Harriets parents and brother decided that they were going to a tropical island for a vacation in two weeks. Harriet said she was too busy with work to go on the trip, but told her family they should go anyway. As soon as Harriet convinced her family to go to the island without her she called her beloved Maurice. She told him that he could spend the week at her house. He had no problem with this because his sisters would be together and he thought they were old enough to spend one week home alone. However, he told them that he was going on a business trip and not to his girlfriends house. From that point on all Harriet and Maurice could think about is the week they would get to spend togther without any interruptions from their families. TWO WEEKS LATER As soon as her parents left Sunday morning Harriet raced to the phone and called Maurice to let him know the coast was clear. After he got off the phone he said his goodbyes to his sisters and took off for the best/worst week of his life. When Maurice arrived at Harriets house he felt his heart skip a beat. He was so excited to see the best thing that had ever happened to him. Harriet and Maurice then started getting ready to go to the beach, but Harriet told him that they could not depart until her mother called and told her she had landed safely. Hours passed and nobody called. They were eager to go, but knew that they had to wait. Finally, Harriet called her mom, no one answered. She then callled her dad, the phone was off. She called her brother, no response. She got very worried and Maurice told her that they had probably just forgotten to turn on their phones, but Harriet was not content with that. She then turned on the televison and flipped through the channels until she came to the news. The big story that day was about a plane heading to a tropical island that had crashed. Harriet fell to her knees and started crying her heart out, Maurice comforted her. He told her everything would be alright, but little did he know he was completely wrong. The week continued slowly with not very much excitement. Then it was Saturday and Maurice got a call. He answered his phone to find out that his sisters had been killed in a car accident just like his parents. He was heart broken. Harriet went downstairs to see what was taking Maurice so long. To her surprise she found out that Maurice’s sisters had been killed by a car accident. Harriet knew how devastating it was for him because he had lost his parents this way, too. Then, a brilliant idea entered Harriets mind. What if they could get married? Now that their reasons for keeping their love a secret were dead they could finally wed. She decided to wait a few weeks to tell Maurice her idea. However, one day when Harriet came home from work her house was all decorated with flowers. Then out of nowhere Maurice appeared with a small box. He got down on one knee opened the box and then asked her to marry him. Her stomach filled with butterflies, her cheeks blushed, and she said, “Yes!” The new fiances decided not to stay that way for long. A few weeks later they had a small, intimate wedding. FIFTEEN YEARS LATER The past fifteen years had been great for Harriet and Maurice. She became principal of her school and he got promoted to boss. They also had three beautiful babies. Carol was the first one of their children, and was born three years after her parents wedding. Next came Steve, he was born two years after his sister. Their last child was Amy, she was born three years after Steve. Their was something particularly special about her nobody, but knew what it was. One morning, just like any other morning Carol and Steve were getting ready for school. They went to middle school, while Amy went to elementary school. They got dressed, packed their lunches, ate breakfast, then ran outside to catch their bus. Harriet waved to them as they got on and drove off. Right when Harriet was going to wake up Amy she received a phone call. Her two children had been killed in a fire at school, she didnt know what to do. She called Maurice and told him to come home immediately. He rushed home and she told him the dreadful news in tears. They soon woke Amy up, and Maurice told her about what had happened to her older siblings. Amy was screaming, crying, and refusing to believe what her parents had told her. Soon enough the new family of three were in tears. THIRTY FOUR YEARS LATER After losing their two children in a devastating fire Harriet and Maurice’s lives got better. For over thirty years their world was perfect. Amy had graduated high school, college, and graduate school. She also got married and had two daughters. Life was the too good to be true, but then again nothing could stay perfect in this families’ life. On the eve of their forty-ninth anniversary Maurice had trouble breathing. Harriet called “911” and the amblance came quickly. Maurice was rushed to the emergency room and immediately got operated on. However, he did not make it. He died at 12:01 the morining of his fiftieth anniversary to the woman he loved. When the doctor came to talk to Harriet he said that Maurice probably had lung cancer, but he had to get the tests confirmed before he could be sure. Harriet did not know what to do with herself, whenever something bad happened Maurice was always there for her. Harriet went home feeling sick to her stomach. She didn’t sleep that night or the night after that. She didn’t eat those days. All she did was cry, cry, and cry. Finally, about a week after his death and the night before the funeral Harriet went to sleep. Sadly though, she did not wake up the next morning. Paramedic’s rushed to her house when she did not show up to her husbands funeral. Beside her bed their was a note that read: //Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I can not deal with. I love him more than anything in the world. For there is no parting when it comes to love.~Harriet Simon.//