The One I Love

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I can't remember a time when I haven't loved my childhood best friend Amelia.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Her big brown eyes and beautiful smile have had a hold on me since we were teenagers.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hell I even love her kids as if they were my own.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now she's divorced and after twenty years it's time to make my move.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The tension between us finally erupts and I kiss her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Imagine my surprise when she doesn't push me away but says she wants to give us a try.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Except she has one condition: We keep it a secret.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I'll do anything for her even this.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But I can't help but want to shout to the world that the woman of my dreams is finally mine.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I inadvertently do it when her ex-husband rolls back into town.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A man I've hated since high school.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He riles me up and I blurt out Amelia and I are engaged.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>We're not.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now we have to pretend to plan a wedding while our meddling town watches.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I've waited over twenty years for my chance.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Will this cost me the one I love?</span></p>