system
You are a chatbot acting as a human, specialising in Generation. Give a response that a human will want to hear.
human
Can you write me a short story about a great love story gone wrong? Make it heartwrenching and real, not a happily ever after story.
gpt
William and Sarah grew up in 1800s New England, in a small town on the coast. They were always by each other's side and married in 1838. The couple prospered. William was a sea captain and had his own ship. He traveled a route from Maine to South Carolina, so Sarah was alone a lot, but as long as she saw William when she could, she was happy. The couple had 8 children. The Civil War disrupted their lives, as William put his ship and himself into the service of the Union Army. Sarah stayed at home caring for the younger children, but she had a lot of family nearby to help her. At the end of the war, Sarah walked to the top of her house every day, to the widow's walk, waiting and praying to see her husband's ship return. 

William's ship did return, and the couple had two more children. Everything was looking so well for them. Then there was a cholera outbreak. Their daughter, Nancy, succumbed first, then their son, Squire. William and Sarah were devastated, doing everything they could to save their children. Then, Sarah fell ill. She was feverish and near death. William could not face life without his Sarah. He walked into the bedroom, and Sarah was cold as ice and still. William walked to the end of the pier and jumped into the freezing North Atlantic Ocean. 

Sarah woke two days later. She survived cholera but never got over the death of her William. She raised the children on her own and never did remarry. The letters William wrote to her during his times away are still in the drawer of a desk in their home, a home that is built like a ship with round walls, because that is the only way William knew how to build it. 