In the end she gave him up. he was most pained, and she avoided the look of astonished hurt on his face, but she gave him up, much as she loved him.
And a good thing it turned out to be for she had met Frankie Liew shortly after that. She had fallen in love with him almost from the start and this time, she knew, there would be no disappointment or heartache. Frankie was not only a University graduate but he had done post-graduate work in an American university. He was drawing a very good salary, working in an American bank and his prospects for promotion were bright, to say the least.