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"You actually understood me!" I stood in shock, staring down at his handsome face. "You picked up on all my silly little hints." "Of course I understood you my heart. After you kept mentioning your sister and how happy she is as a married woman, I had to assume that you were ready to be married as well!"
There was only seconds left before it all ended. Seriously. I only had a few seconds to get out of the building before it exploded. I frantically wrestled with a few door handles and then gave up and went for the stairs.
The kettle was whistling. Margorie rushed over to the stove and turned the heat off. She smiled in relief. She loved a good cup of tea before bed. Margorie took her mug into the living room, and curled up in the arm chair in front of the fire.
I couldn't escape from this horror. I had my children to think about. My sweet sweet twins and then little Alex. They had no idea what was really going on at home with Mommy and Daddy. They just thought that Daddy was off on a business trip. He was really in a hotel downtown.
A nun? A NUN? He expected me to be a NUN for halloween? What kinda of sick joke was this? I was his hot beautiful sexy girlfriend and he wanted me to dress in this conservative nonsense? This was garbage. I crumpled up the habit and threw it in the trash can on my way out.
I couldn't commit to her man. I just couldn't commit."
What are you talking about?"
I couldn't do it. I had the ring in my pocket and I was ready to get down on one knee a propose." I took a swig of my pint of Sam Adams and swallowed it down. Ken winced.
Sucks man."
The colonel saluted me sharply. I had never seen this happen before. I was a lowly messenger boy. What was this all about. I saluted him back, perhaps a little sloppily. He smiled at me gently. "Thank you for bringing me this message my boy."
You are a liar. Everything that we ever experienced is a LIE!" I fell to my knees and looked at her. She was standing straight and tall with tears falling from her eyes.
I couldn't believe it. A velvet dress? What was I five years old? I threw it down in disgust and stomped down the stairs.
"Gram! What the heck is that?" I yelled. My Gram came from the kitchen wiping her hands on a towel.
The soft waves rolled up onto the beach gently. THe moon sone down and the reflection rippled in the black waters. Terrance walked on the beach, hands stuffed into his pockets. He was miserable. So much for that future. He pulled the beautiful diamond ring from the depths of his pocket and stared at it sadly. Without a second thought Terrance tossed it into the ocean.
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