Her Name, His Everlasting Love

Leon Jepsen had wanted Yvonne Towne for ten years and had let her go on thinking he was cold on her. What she knew of him was that he was her boyfriend's older brother, that he had built a financial operation overseas, and that people in their circle were afraid of him. Yvonne and Hank Jepsen were together five years, and everyone in the circle knew about it. He did not show up on the day the two of them were to register the marriage. She broke it off on the spot and swore she was finished with him, and then a phone call came, and out of temper she went and registered a marriage with Leon the same day. Leon indulges her after that and covers for her in public. Hank runs her down in front of people at one point, saying she is good for nothing, and Leon knocks him to the floor. "My wife is the pearl in my palm and the treasure of my heart. Whatever she is, I indulge it. One more word about her and you are out of the family register." He says nothing to Yvonne about the ten years, and she works that part out long after the registration.