Chapter 1

Exactly when did your life fall apart? You wonder this as you stroll through your neighborhood headed for the park. It all started when your ex-boyfriend Sean cheated on you with someone you thought was a friend.

You remember it like it just happened. You were able to come home from you business trip earlier than expected and thought it would be a great opportunity to surprise your boyfriend. He wasn't expecting you home for two more days. Your flight landed at 6:00pm and you were home by 7:00. He wasn't home when you walked in the door. "Perfect." you think to yourself. You grab a quick shower and look through your lingerie to pick out something to take his breath away. You select the one you know is his favorite. It's a dark purple two piece with very skimpy shorts and a camisole bordered in lace. You gather up as many candles from around the house as you can find and place them around the bedroom. Standing in the middle of the room you survey your work. It looks beautiful.

Now it's time to make you look beautiful. You go over to your vanity and sit down. Your hair is dark brown and falls in gentle waves to the middle of your back. You decide to put your hair up. Sean loves your neck so giving him free access to it is bound to make him crazy! Your face has a very natural beauty so you never wear much makeup. Just a little mascara and lip gloss. You stare at yourself in the mirror. When was the last time you had looked this happy? It had been awhile. You had some horrible experiences in relationship, but that seemed to be over. Sean was everything you ever wanted. Manly and rugged in his looks and very sweet to you. You heart seemed to skip a beat whenever he walked into the room. Life finally seemed to be where you wanted it. You had a good job and a nice house. Things were finally perfect.

You lay down on the bed to wait for Sean to come in. After a little while you hear the front door open. Your heart races and your breathless with anticipation. Then you hear something that makes you listen closely. A thump from the hallway and a mumbled oath, a small giggle. You wonder if maybe he's been drinking. Another thump, this time against the door. You sit up sprawling sexily on the bed. The door opens and in stumbles Sean wrapped up in an embrace with another woman.

You can't breathe and are in denial about what you are seeing. Your voice seems frozen in your throat. Your heart seems to stop. They stumble toward the bed and finally your senses seem to kick and you jump off the bed! Your voice comes out in a croak.

"What the f*ck is going on?" you demand.

They were almost to the bed and Sean whips around with a stunned look on his face. Pushing the girl away so hard she falls to floor with a yelp. That's when you realize who she is. The pain is sharp and swift.

"Rebekah" you whisper in a trembling voice. You stare at the two of them. Was this really happening? Rebekah looks at you with an expression on her face that you had never seen before. Anger and maliciousness are apparent in her eyes. Sean mouth is agape in horror.

"Why are you doing this?" you ask.

"Baby, it's not what you think." Sean says quickly. He seems to have regained control over himself.

"Oh it's not?" you shoot back scathingly. Now the anger is rising in you and you can barely keep yourself from not hitting both of them. "What exactly is it then?"

"She came on to me honey, I swear." Sean says with hope in his voice.

"You mean to tell me that you had no choice!" you yell. Striding toward the closet you pull out your robe. You now feel very exposed in you tiny little outfit.

"I'm weak baby I'm couldn't help it!" He says.

"Weak!" you scream. "That's your excuse? Weak can be used to describe myself when it comes to KFC, but you cannot use it here!" You turn your anger towards Rebekah.

"Why?" you ask simply.

She looks at you and grins. "Why?" she asks. "Because you stole him from me!"

"What?" you say in a surprised tone. What in the hell was she talking about?

"I liked him first!" She says hysterically. You hadn't known this. How could you? She never said anything and you had talked to her about him several times.

"That's why I was introducing him to you!" She replies hotly. "To see what you thought of him and if I should make a go of it."

"How was I supposed to know that?" you reply. "You were a good friend. I would've thought you'd say something."

Sean walks up to you and tries to grab your arms. "Don't touch me!" you say harshly. He drops his hand and says "See, she was doing it on purpose."

"So what!" you cry. "Just because she hit on you doesn't mean you had to respond!" Reality seems to kick in all of a sudden and you pull yourself together.

"Get out!" you say quietly. Sean looks at you hopelessly. "Sweetie please." He whispers.

"Get out!" You say louder. You march into the foyer and pull open the front door.

"Get out!" you finally scream.

Rebekah saunters into the foyer and gives you a scathing look as she walks out the door. Sean comes up to you slowly. He looks like he's going to say something.

"Your about two seconds away from being kicked in the nuts." You say coldly. "Please leave!"

He leaves glancing at you as he walks out the door. You slam the door closed and lock it. Turning around you take deep gulping breaths and lean your back against the door. Your composure falls apart as you slide, sobbing down to the floor.