While they walked back to the inn, the ladies quizzed Beverly on the surrounding government buildings. They asked what she knew about the other hotels and restaurants nearby. They asked about the museums and the retirement communities, the shopping centers, and the signs for the botanical gardens. They picked up brochures to take excursions to some of the islands around, to visit Orlando, even Tampa. Everything around them seemed to be cause for excitement and questions and, well, happiness. Their enthusiasm and energy were infectious. Those things also made Beverly realize that she’d spent an awful lot of time being afraid and worried. She’d always over-thought things. It had been a curse when she was young, but it was a true liability now. No matter what other people might have said, Beverly had always blamed herself for Marvin’s abandonment. She’d been sure that he never would have strayed if she had been more fun. Prettier. More easygoing. Actually, she wasn’t sure exactly what she had worried about; she simply knew that she’d worried about it a lot and had given herself a very hard time about her imperfections.
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