#Bae

<p><strong>B</strong>EFORE   <strong>A</strong>NYONE   <strong>E</strong>LSE</p><p><em>The Hashtag Series</em> #8</p><p> </p><p>Happily-ever-after.</p><p>That’s what happens when you get married.</p><p>Right?</p><p>Turns out sparkly rings cake and a fantastic wedding do not automatically grant you that not even when it’s all you truly want.</p><p>I’m even starting to doubt the bottomless unconditional love I share with the man I married will be enough.</p><p>I can’t have happily ever after know why?</p><p>Because I can’t give Romeo what he truly wants. I’ve tried. So hard. I won’t be happy unless he is and something is missing. Some<em>one</em>.</p><p>Paparazzi are in my face. The flashing cameras and prying eyes are everywhere. My secret is getting harder to hide and I know the second the scoop is dished the grip I have on the fraying rope of that happily ever after will snap right in my face.</p><p>In <em>our</em> face.</p><p>I can’t let that happen. No matter what.</p><p>Because with or without a happy ending Romeo comes <strong>B</strong>efore <strong>A</strong>nyone <strong>E</strong>lse.</p>