A/N: For those who have already started BI I have went back and did some revising to some of the chapters along with adding in this prologue. A few details I felt like were missing have been added. Thank you to all who are involved with this and thank you for your encouraging words and your honesty.

Prologue

Hours on a God forsaken airplane gives a girl just enough alone time to start reassessing certain points of her life. Let me tell you I know which points need reassessing.

Hum now that I think about it, this solo trip to Atlantis was my mom's plan all along. I have to admit, my mom knows me better than I thought.

Sneaky woman.

If I didn't know better, I'd even be willing say that her hubby is faking the whole "can't get out of bed doctors orders" thing because she wants me to take this time for myself. Moms know things and mine knows I need this trip.

Jacob and I have what I guess is considered a normal loving relationship. The only problem is he is becoming more and more controlling, and to be honest, it is suffocating. There are times when I feel like a bird trying to fly in a tiny cage but knowing I can't spread my wings because the bars are holding me in place. I want to find "me" and figure out who I am without the influence of the people around me. I want to do something because I want to do it, not because someone thinks I should. I want to be able to give in to a desire and not be told no or that it is wrong. My mom is right; no man is worth my smallest dream or my sanity for that matter. Why doesn't Jacob get that? I'm twenty-one years old, fresh out of college, and ready to move forward with my career, not become his Stepford wife. You would think after five years he would see or care that there is more to me than just who he wants me to be. Or maybe he thinks I'm weak enough to be permanently changed into to his stepford wife.

Despite his overbearing tendencies, I love Jacob and without him the past five years would have been extremely hard. He has been there for me when no one else was. However, I'm a grown woman and I need time to myself time to process my life and which direction it is heading. It's time for me to find….Me. I know I won't find all the answers in the next two weeks in Atlantis, but I think it is a great place to start. What I do know is three strong fruity drinks aboardmy flight sure do ease the stress. Islands here I come!

Don't let somebody else create you, because once they do, they can destroy you.

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