Stories From the Neighborhood, Then Goose Bumps

“Looking back, you would think that Kelly and I would have at least heard of each other,” Mr. Nordstrom said. “It’s kind of strange.”

Ms. Hayes, a pharmaceuticals saleswoman in the cardiology field, married in July 2011. She and her husband lived in a townhouse in Tinton Falls, N.J., where Ms. Hayes met Mary Curtis and Bill Carlone, an older couple who lived next door. They treated Ms. Hayes as if she were family. “We spent many happy hours on our adjoining back patios,” Ms. Hayes said. “Life was good.”

Around the same time, Mr. Nordstrom, who works in the financial services industry, specializing in hedge fund administration, had moved to San Diego for a relationship that lasted only six months. He eventually returned to the East Coast to live in Red Bank, N.J. “It was a time when most of my friends were getting married and having children,” he said, “and I wasn’t so sure if New Jersey was the right fit for me in terms of my future.”

By the spring of 2015, the good life for Ms. Hayes was ending. She was getting divorced, and her neighbors were experiencing major health issues. “Bill was battling pancreatic cancer and Mary was in the hospital and rehabilitation center recovering from some sort of cardiac-related issues,” Ms. Hayes said. “As I’m packing up my house, Bill’s health was really deteriorating and Mary could not care for him because of her own health problems.

Source: The New York Times

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