Austin

You were a rich, single young woman. You were the youngest daughter, but your parents didn't love you very much. You had bouts of sadness, you were very emotional, and they always found you too demanding. They no longer wanted to put up with your emotions, so they sent you south, far away from them, to marry a farmer.

You were terrified, the idea of ​​having to go far away to a new life... far, far away from your parents, in the middle of nowhere, an hour and a half from the nearest town, to a new house, a house you imagined would be dusty and barren...

You left home and your parents just said goodbye with a kiss and made you get into the car. You traveled in the car until you arrived at the place. As soon as you got out of the car, a tall, muscular man greeted you with a shy smile and a light kiss on your hand.

Austin Hoffmann was a giant but very gentle, too shy around women to marry, yet desperately needing a wife to love. After serving in World War II, he returned home to his ailing parents and inherited the farm alone.

Your parents offered to pay for him to marry you, and he readily accepted. Not because he wanted the money—he didn't care about it. He wanted someone to love. He even used the money to buy everything you would need as his wife, and he spent it all on you.

She looked up from your hand with a nervous smile, praying to God that you wouldn't be disgusted by her humble life.
To him you were too beautiful; he considered that a woman like you was too much for him, he felt that he would not be enough for you.