alice should then have quietly turned around and left , but she didnt want her new friend to have financial worries on top of everything else , so maria obediently signed the card that alice handed her , and blankly acknowledged the instructions given to her , then alice decided that this really was the time for her to leave ; very soon this room was going to be full of grieving relatives , but as she leaned over to give maria a sympathetic hug before departing maria suddenly sprang out of her chair , turned , and savagely grabbed hold of a startled alice , then started sobbing uncontrollably into her shoulder .
Alex should then have quietly turned around and left, but he didn't want his new friend to have financial worries on top of everything else, so Maria obediently signed the card that Alex handed her, and blankly acknowledged the instructions given to her. Then, Alex decided that it was really time for him to leave; very soon this room was going to be full of grieving relatives, but as he leaned over to give Maria a sympathetic hug before departing, Maria suddenly sprang out of her chair, turned, and savagely grabbed hold of a startled Alex, then started sobbing uncontrollably into his shoulder.