Achieved success and fame?
Consistently the first?
These adjectives almost made Eleanor Armstrong and Harlan Lentz, the couple, lose their footing.
Yes.
Once upon a time, Terrence Lentz was certainly very impressive.
Shining brightly.
But now...
He had plummeted a great distance.
Not only that, Terrence Lentz was now commonly dubbed a "good-for-nothing."
Eleanor Armstrong maintained the smile on her face, looking towards Mrs. Zacks and Hobar Salmen, and then said, "Our Terrence, this child, has had a twist of fate, and these past few years he has been on a downhill path. But fortunately, he has now met a good girl. At the moment he is on the uphill climb again, and I believe he will continue to get better in the future."
Since they couldn't boast about their son, they might as well boast about their future daughter-in-law.