Secret Affair – Part 1 – Elena
Years ago, I had an affair. Nobody knew except for me and my little dog Ruby. Well, Ruby didn't actually know being a chiwawa, but she did know something was wrong. Something unusual, not quite the same when I came home drunk with the sweet smell of tobacco all over my dress, fumbling around with the keys in my purse, then barely could walk to the bathroom sink. Poor little dog just followed me upstairs, faithful as ever to her big mama bear. I protect the mutt like she's my own little girl.
Wiping my nose, I looked in the mirror and saw a girl I used to know. A girl so sweet and full of life. A girl that rocked the cheerleading squad at Notre Dame college, four years straight through premed school. The burnette that knew how to flirt with taste and have the men barking when we danced at halftime. The memories were fresh like yesterdays news, but something inside knew it was gone. The past had come to a sudden stop at the wheel, when He came into my life. The man that burried my soul for eternity.
I could see that look deep in my eyes under the lights that used to be bright, but one had burned out just like my heart. Did I miss it, of course I did, but now it was different. I was a woman scorned and betrayed, but better off knowing the truth of Dane.
Dane was a disaster when we first met, I just didn't see until it was too late. The jet black hair and five o'clock shadow with crystal blue eyes that made my heart melt all over again. And when he smiled, damm I was wet. He had that power to make any woman hot and flood with desire just looking at him without a word from his lips. He had to be at least six feet tall with hands that could wrap around any woman's waist and lock her in to be his. He came to my table every night after work, ordered a drink, usually Gen, and sat by himself catching up on work while he texted on his phone sweet nothings to her.