covlin. she called her sister that night with an outrageous announcement. she was all giggles. and she said, i met a guy, a really nice guy. and she said, we're on our way to the airport to elope. she was laughing. and i said, shele, please don't do this. andrea canning: eve talked her sister out of it that night. but shele was serious, and so was rod. shele was 11 years older than him, but that didn't seem to matter. his parents, dave and carol covlin, say he adored her right from the start. he told us he has a girlfriend, and we have to meet her. and i said, ok, passover is coming up. we don't have time right now. no, you have to meet her. andrea canning: a brunette back then, shele married rod six months later. and reality set in as they settled down to life as a couple. it wasn't exactly bliss because while shele was a stunning overachiever, rod was, well, not in the same league. he was a stock trader of middling success. what i did see was a guy that really had a lot of big ideas and was