4. GUILTY

{Milton's point of view}

I hate to admit it, but the first time I saw Andrea that was it for me. Instant attraction.

"Milton this is my fiancée, Andrea Harrison," Philip said introducing me to her at their small engagement party. The smile on his face said it all. My best friend was madly in love with this beautiful girl. Was not hard to see why. She was breathtaking, wearing a sleeves purple dress that showed off her tan skin and fantastic figure. I could not keep my eyes off her.

"Nice to meet you Milton. Philip says you have your own law firm. I actually was majoring in political science before I dropped out of college," She says looking at the floor. I look closely at her angelic face, big blue eyes, and that blonde hair that was pulled up in a ponytail.

Why did I have the urge to touch that shiny blonde hair of hers? I never felt this way before. If only she was not going to marry my best friend.

If I only had met her first. If only…

"Well you can still go. Don't sell yourself short," I said grinning at her.

"Not for awhile. She is going to busy taking care of our children," Philip said quickly dismissing the idea of what she actually wanted.

"So kids already? You think that is a little fast? I mean you two just meet two months ago," I said concerned.

This girl couldn't be much older than twenty, and had her whole life ahead of her. I knew Philip is a good-looking man with a decent paying job, but shouldn't she be out experiencing life instead of rushing into this marriage and having babies?

I would tell her this myself, but I knew Philip needed this. After losing his wife and daughter in that horrible car accident, he deserves a stable relationship with a beautiful woman. What kind of friend would try to take that from him?

"Life is short. Philip and I don't want to wait. We don't know how long we have together. So we want to take all that love and make a baby. I will have time for college later," Andrea says out loud, but the tone in voice does not sound convincing.

She is pretending to want what he wants, I thought.

"Isn't she isn't absolutely adorable? I really lucked out meeting this one," Philip said putting his arms around her. Even though the look mismatched, her in the soft purple dress and him wearing all black suit looking like Johnny Cash, I could not deny that were an attractive looking couple.

I left the party feeling guilty about being so attracted to Philip's future wife. You will get over it, I told myself. This is just an infatuation. She is not for you, I told myself.

Clearly I had not because I was standing here dialing Andrea's number on my cell phone again. I had not heard from her in two days and I was concerned. What if she had decided to stay with Philip instead of going through with the divorce?

Or worst, what if Philip is keeping her from me?