Just Say the Word

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sandra</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ten years ago I became pregnant.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When I refused to get rid of my baby my grandmother kicked me out. It didn't matter that I was eighteen and had nowhere to go.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I managed to carve a life out for my daughter and me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What I once thought was the worst thing to happen to me became the love of my life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Of course raising a daughter with a deadly illness as a single parent isn't easy but Monique makes it worth it.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>There are times though I long for the fairy-tale romance every once in a while.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I learned from Monique's father that those you trust the deepest can hurt you the most.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Damon</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've had enough of rescuing the women in my life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When my father died and left me as the head of the household I took on my responsibilities like a man.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I became a successful businessman.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even if I didn't always take the legal route to get here.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when I come across Sandra at my best friend's wedding something about the innocence in her eyes calls to me.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>