She rose and began to pack an overnight bag. Thirty minutes later, Ashley slipped out the back door
and started toward Jim Cleary's home, a dozen blocks away. I'll stay with him tonight, and we'll take the morning train to Chicago.
But as she got nearer to his house, Ashley thought. No. This is wrong. I don't want to spoil everything.
I'll meet him at the station. And she turned and headed back home.
Ashley was up the rest of that night thinking about her life with Jim and how wonderful it was going to be.
At 5:30, she picked up her suitcase and moved silently past the closed door of her father's bedroom.
She crept out of the house and took a bus to the railroad station. When she reached the station, Jim had not arrived.
She was early. The train was not due for another hour. Ashley sat on a bench eagerly waiting.
She thought about her father awakening and finding her gone. He would be furious. But I can't let him live my life.
One day he'll really get to know Jim, and he'll see how lucky I am. 6:30... 6:40... 6:45... 6:50...
There was still no sign of Jim. Ashley was beginning to panic. What could have happened?
She decided to telephone him. There was no answer. 6:55... He'll be coming at any moment.
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