Jimmy and his sister Helen had never been apart since their parents died before that summer Jimmy got a job up at Lake Arrowhead. Helen was supposed to go with him and wait on tables or something but at the last minute she decided to stay in LA figuring her boyfriend Steve would be home on a furlough. Jimmy should have known better, his sister was such a kid but he let her stay there alone. That was the beginning of the whole thing that was when she met Phil Armstrong. If Jimmy hadn’t gone away that summer Phil Armstrong would still be alive… + Jimmy and Helen had never been apart since their folks died until the summer that he got a job at a mountain resort. Helen was supposed to go with him and wait on tables or something and it was to be their vacation but at the last minute Helen decided to stay behind as she figured her boyfriend Steve was going to return on furlough. That was the beginning of the whole thing. That’s when Helen met Phil Armstrong. Maybe if Jimmy hadn’t gone away that summer he guessed Phil would have been alive today…

Stars Elliott Reid

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