The Gift

Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit.

It was now mid-August which meant that he had been separated from Marsha for more than two months.

Two months, and all he had to show were three dog-eared letters and two very expensive long-distance phone calls.

True, when school had ended and she'd returned to Wisconsin and he to Locust, Pennsylvania she had sworn to maintain a certain fidelity.

She would date occasionally, but merely as amusement.