She had loved him. He said he loved her, and she trusted him.

But a week before the wedding, he ran off with her little sister.

There was a note. And everybody believed it, until the day the pipe broke in the basement and the plumber went down to investigate.

Harry Demarest has retired after careers encompassing scientific
research, teaching at a university, software development, web
application development, and voter database compilation and
distribution. He is now spending his time with his grandchildren and
writing memoirs and short stories.