title: Getting Over Tom
author:  Abigail Thomas 
description: A debut collection of short stories about women of all ages and their relationships with men, families and themselves. <br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Four Years from Home
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Larry Enright
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2010 by Larry Enright
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified
  or distributed without the express prior written permission of the copyright
  holder. For permission, contact larryenright@rocketmail.com.
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. So don’t get upset if you see your name mentioned.
  There are thousands of people with the same name as you. And if you think
  anything in this story is an incident from your past don’t be paranoid. It is
  not about you, really.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Cicely, Dan, and Tom
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My name is King Thomas of Ryan, so crowned as firstborn of Daniel, Earl of
  Ryan and his consort, Helen, and ascendant to the royal throne upon my 