Three Little Words

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I always thought Parker was the one the other half of my heart the one I dreamt night after night about raising a family with.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until I found out that he'd been f*cking Stephanie... among others.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fifteen years.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After fifteen soul-sucking years of being with the same guy I now find myself </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>back in the dating world</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p>First it's Matthew a data engineer whom I instantly connected with.</p><p><br></p><p>Until I stupidly said those three words those <strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>dreaded three words</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> that had him bolting out the restaurant doors.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I love you.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Guy after guy I'd meet all heading for the hills.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until Rodney Hersey comes along. Charming sexy and </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>he loves me back!</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who would've thought?!</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Immediately I find myself dangling from his lips tearing off my clothes even getting married... after only one date!</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But my life turns dark when I wake up in a strange home surrounded by four other women... </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>all claiming to be Rodney's wife.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What have I gotten myself into?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A dark short story about what happens when you say I love you to the wrong person.</strong></p>