IN MY DARKEST HOUR YOU ARE MY LIGHT

It's been ten years now and I've programmed my brain to forget her little did I know that I was deceiving myself.



Things changed when I saw her.

She looked different. She wasn't the same little girl I had fallen in love with. She was now a grown woman.



She was gorgeous.

I needed her beneath me just for one night. I'd get her out of my system and move on.



That was probably a lie.



Months later.



Here I am drowning my sorrow in alcohol on my last night as a single man.

I was getting married to a woman I never truly loved.



Tara gave me a shy smile as she approached the aisle with her father.



Kelsey looked away and ignored me.



I was about to slide the ring on Tara's finger and her father's voice stopped me.



"Stop."



I turned around and faced him.



Tara grabbed his hand angrily.



"Dad what are you doing?!"