The Reluctant Star
Ralph Carson watched the people exit the plane at the Miami airport, looking for his niece, Cindy Johnson. She had just graduated from High School in Tampa, and was accepted at the University of Miami. He and Ellen offered their spare bedroom to the eighteen-year-old girl, since their condo was only a mile from the campus. Ralph was about six feet tall, slightly balding, but otherwise had a good physique for a man of forty-two. Ellen at thirty-four, was ten years younger than her sister Carol, Cindy’s mom. Since she was childless, the attractive brunette still enjoyed a young woman’s figure on her five and a half foot frame.
Ralph and Ellen were the successful owners of a large video studio, which produced commercials for the local TV market. Because business was so good, he and Ellen told Cindy they would also provide her with $800 a month to spend as she chose. Needless to say, the girl and her mother were elated that the childless couple would do this, since her mom couldn’t afford to send her to college. They had not seen Cindy since she was fourteen, so they asked her what she would be wearing today. Ralph looked at the description in the note: A University of Miami Tee shirt, a wraparound Jean’s skirt, sandals, and had her hair in a French braid.
Ellen saw her first. “My god Ralph, she looks like a model, she’s beautiful. Look, look over there, isn’t that the right clothes?” Ellen said as she pointed. Ralph saw her.
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