A May-December Romance: Part One
Part One Beth and Claire had not crossed paths, except for phone calls, FaceTime, and email exchanges, for almost half a decade. Despite the long intervals between in-person visits, the two sisters remained close. It had been that way since their childhood days in England. The two women had both “married well” and settled into their lives on opposite sides of the Atlantic — Beth in Los Angeles, Claire in Paris. They had both managed successful careers and met the demands of being both wives and mothers. When Beth’s marriage had ended in divorce several years prior, Claire had been the first person to reach out to Beth to make sure her older sister was alright. Since her divorce, with her adult children having fled the nest to attend university on the East Coast, connections …