Love Forsaken, Never to Return

Eight Years with Terence Barnes.

It took me eight years to realize that I could never compete with Pearlie Ballar, the girl he had been spoiling since forever. Her chirpy “Uncle Terry” could make my otherwise steady and composed fiancée lose his footing.

By the ninth time he ditched me to rush to her side, I’d had enough. I yanked off my pitiful wedding ring and tossed it into the trash. I turned and walked away without looking back.

That’s when he finally panicked, probably because he didn’t expect me to fight back, let alone walk away.