Hidden for Five Years, Married to Another Man

Five years, I molded myself into what he craved. Five years, I waited in the shadows while he played around. "Just wait a little longer, babe," he'd whisper after he rejected my proposal. So I waited—until I found out he bought a ring for someone young and pretty. That's when I called home. "Dad? That arrangement you mentioned—I'll do it. I'm ready to get married." When Chad finally got on his knees, begging me to come back, it was already too late.