In the last box, taped and retaped and stashed in the garage, probably the last move for the box, who knew for her, Kelly placed the framed story of her saving Andre from drowning.
Some amateur screenwriter once wanted to make the story into a movie.
Woman saves man from drowning, they fall in love, married, a kid who made all-state in swimming.
One of the other boxes held photos from a dinner party they had with the writer.
The script never went anywhere, but it had been worth a few steaks and some bottles of Montepulciano just to think about it.
Somewhere the truth of the story had drifted into oft-repeated myth:
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