Terrence {flashback}
Beth and I had been together for ten months. I felt I was ready to propose and start planning a future with her. She was my best friend, which was what I was looking for in a partner. We never ran out of things to talk about—but that happens, I suppose, when you ignore all the critical topics. I really had loved her. I thought she was my forever girl. At the time I couldn't picture a life without her.
Blythe's Christmas vacation from school had just begun and I had recruited her a week earlier to spend the day present-shopping with me. She agreed enthusiastically having not bought gifts for anyone yet. She expressed a lot of excitement but hid it well in front of Beth.
We agreed to noon on a Saturday, a day with one of the heaviest snowfalls of the season. Blythe
