Total pages in book: 65
Estimated words: 60965 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60965 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Although the tale is strange,
Not the ever after for you and me.
It’s broken and imperfect,
And the way fate meant it to be.
My brunette hair looks nearly black when it’s wet. The brush makes a loud thud as I set it down and reach for my makeup bag.
Looks can be so deceiving, can’t they?
We have a beautiful home, seemingly the perfect life and many days, that’s all I see. It’s all I saw with Jace too, but that was a sham and a lie and I realize now that I knew the truth well back then. I was happy with the image, but the truth was something I hid; I wanted it that way.
What I have with Mason is the opposite. Although no one can see the truth, I know what we are. Raw and broken, but together, we’re whole.
The world will never know what it took for the two of us to come out of this alive. No one will ever realize how much strength there is between us. We’re unbreakable. Shattered to pieces, but healed together with a scar that’s so much stronger than what was once there.
It’s not a fairytale, but it’s a happily ever after suited for us both. It gives me chills when I look back at the past, but I don’t do that often. It’s much better to look ahead, at the true happiness and comfort we give each other. At the full life of trust and faith that’s been forged between us.
My phone pings with another text from Kat. And then another.
She finally told me what’s happening with her and Evan.
He’s still your Evan, I answer and stare at my phone, waiting for her response.
If anyone ever heard my story, maybe they’d say what I did was wrong. That crawling back to Mason after knowing what he did, is simply unforgivable.
Even my closest friends. I don’t think they would understand. No one would.
Love is inexplicable. It makes you do crazy things. Love is blind… that’s a saying for a reason, isn’t it?
I know, Kat writes back. He’s still the man I married. Dangerous in ways I don’t like to think about. I did this to myself. I knew better than to fall for him.
My heart hurts for her when she messages again before I can respond: I only wish love were enough to fix this…
It is. I’m desperate to write that back to her. But there are pieces to their story I’m missing. Pieces that will come out one way or another…