Deep Ties

                                                                                                  “I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation And the only explanation I can find Is the love that I've found, ever since you've been around Your love's put me at the top of the world .” The old Carpenters’ melody played as she looked at the photograph in the frayed album. There she was, in the bloom of youth, gazing at him, the centre of her universe. He was a dapper young man, with a rakish smile that could melt hearts. The first time she had seen him was in college, surrounded by adoring maidens striving to catch his attention. Her heart had skipped a beat, but since she was brought up ‘right’, she watched him from afar, casting her ey...