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Patricia Rossellini Antonnelli was eighteen. Her father owned a construction company. Her home was the only home with twelve foot pillars around the ground floor in a neighborhood of very nice homes.

At Boyce Campus none of the other female students could compete with her beauty. The male students made assumptions about her. It was as much of a burden as a gift to look that way. She still had to learn how to handle the impact her face and taut yet voluptuous body had on both sexes. Then too in hot weather she didn’t wear much.

Scott Delaney made no assumptions. She trusted him and needed a friend. He had a car. Everyone thought they were dating. When both got their associate degrees he transferred to Duquesne University, the same urban school in Pittsburgh she transferred to. She was by far the most striking female on campus.

Scott had no interest in journalism. It was his major. He thought journalism was a practical step as a career while he learned to write short stories. He was bored silly. He dropped out of school. He lost touch with his Italian-American beauty. He never kissed her. He never got his hands on that spectacular body.

Still, how many men can truthfully say that in college they were the best friend of one of the great beauties of their generation?

The End

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