Things have been rather tense around here lately. Rene (a nickname for my wife, Irene) received a letter from that old friend of hers. God, what was her name? The one who disappeared from their childhood neighborhood, after some family member died…Clare was it? Yes, Clare Bellow, she’s married to that fellow John Bellow. I think Irene said her maiden name was Kendry. Anyway, she received a letter from Clare this morning and she has been incredibly frustrated since. The way she shoved the letter into my chest seemed a little intense for what was requested of her.

Clare wants to meet up with Irene and catch up. Seems simple, but I do recall Clare coming home furious after her trip to Chicago. That was the last I heard of Clare Bellow. In all our years together, I had never seen Rene so angry before the day she returned from Illinois. This anger she is exuding after getting that letter appears to be very similar to that day. What is it about Clare Bellow that gets Irene going? I’ll be a little wary of her, for Rene’s sake.

Perhaps this isn’t a good time to bring up the idea of leaving the United States, again.

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