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and he was working.”
“During your senior year in high school, how often did
Mark come to see you?” I inquired.
“He came almost every night,” she said. “In fact, he
came in the afternoon and would often stay and have
supper with my family. He would help me do my chores
around the house and then we’d sit and talk until supper
time.”
“Mark, what did the two of you do after supper?” I
asked.
Mark looked up with a sheepish smile and said, “Well,
the regular dating stuff, you know.”
“But if I had a school project,” Mary said, “he’d help me
with it. Sometimes we worked hours on school projects. I
was in charge of the Christmas float for the senior class. He
helped me for three weeks every afternoon. He was great.”
I switched gears and focused on the third area of their
disagreement. “Mark, when you were dating, did you go to
church with Mary on Sunday nights?”
“Yes, I did,” he said. “If I didn’t go to church with her, I
couldn’t see her that night. Her father was strict that way.”
“He never complained about it,” Mary said. “In fact, he
seemed to enjoy it. He even helped us with the Christmas
program. After we finished the Christmas float project, we
started working on the set for the Christmas program at the
church. We spent about two weeks working together on
that. He is really talented when it comes to painting and
building sets.”