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David, a seductive and mysterious figure, rapidly accumulated all of Helen's attention. She lived for him. Everything else took second place. A few days before their graduation, the two eloped, surprisingly to the delight of both families. For Helen's parents, their daughter was following their love-blazed path, and David's father gained a son who would now be forced to give up his "silly art habit" and provide for his wife in the family business. David happily does this, but the joy fades as he begins to resent abandoning his artistic aspirations. | David, a seductive and mysterious figure, rapidly accumulated all of Helen's attention. She lived for him. Everything else took second place. A few days before their graduation, the two eloped, surprisingly to the delight of both families. For Helen's parents, their daughter was following their love-blazed path, and David's father gained a son who would now be forced to give up his "silly art habit" and provide for his wife in the family business. David happily does this, but the joy fades as he begins to resent abandoning his artistic aspirations. | ||
Helen, free to continue her artistic study, was taken as an apprentice by Samuel Nathans, a colleague of her father. Although twice her age and married, Samuel immediately fell in love with Helen. Their year together was marked by several meek advances on his part, which Helen--still very naive about the darker paths of love--laughed off as silly jokes, but when Samuel attempted to force himself upon her in their studio, she fled in horror. Their professional relationship was immediately severed. Confused, and ashamed by her own foolishness, she told no one what had taken place. | Helen, free to continue her artistic study, was taken as an apprentice by Samuel Nathans, a colleague of her father. Although twice her age and married, Samuel immediately fell in love with Helen. Their year together was marked by several meek advances on his part, which Helen--still very naive about the darker paths of love--laughed off as silly jokes, but when Samuel attempted to force himself upon her in their studio, she fled in horror. Their professional relationship was immediately severed. Confused, and ashamed by her own foolishness, she told no one what had taken place. For several months, she found it difficult to work. | ||
This lull in Helen's career ultimately brought fresh life to her marriage. They attempted to begin a family, but found it difficult to conceive. Two pain of two two miscarriages thrust Helen fully into adulthood, which she found to be a dark and disappointing shadow of what she had expected. It also shattered her own golden self-image. She was not as perfect as she had come to believe. | |||
In dire need of a change, Helen returned to school to pursue a degree in psychology. David's father died, leaving the entirety of his restaurant empire to his son, which David manned with his mouth full of the bitter taste of his own failures. In search of comfort, he entered into an affair with an employee: Anna Greco. Helen was too clever for this to remain secret for long. Devastated, she left David and returned to the home of her parents. Six months of arguments, short reconciliations, and fights, as well as a third miscarriage, passed before Helen finally filed for divorce. She ended all contact with him. | |||
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