A War of Heart — Chapter 5

Rebecca Graf
7 min readOct 15, 2024

Love and society rules don’t always match, but we can overcome them. Continue reading chapter 5 or start with chapter 1 here.

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An hour later as Suzanne and Mabel sat in the waiting room, the first wave of visitors arrived. Marvin and Olivia walked in together. They looked like the oddest pair to have been married for ten years with three kids as well.

Marvin was only about five foot ten inches but what he lacked in height, he had in width. He was far from fat. He was just wide with muscles that sent a strong statement. That all came from working out on a regular basis at the gym. Along with that message were the tattoos that covered nearly every inch of skin. Most of them were personal to him, but a few were from his days when he had joined a wannabe gang. They had found out quickly what it was like in the big league and had disbanded. He had taken up a job in his uncle’s garage and made a good living there.

Olivia on the other hand was a petite woman much like her sister, Suzanne, but Olivia was one who was delicate and small boned. Suzanne, on the other hand, was petite in height but was built from her own time spent working out. Olivia always wore clothes that told the world she was confident in herself and could mingle at any level of society. Paired that with Marvin’s ever present jeans and t-shirt, and it was not surprising how many stares…

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Rebecca Graf
Rebecca Graf

Written by Rebecca Graf

Writer for ten years, lover of education, and degrees in business, history, and English. Striving to become a Renassiance woman. www.writerrebeccagraf.com