Tagline: Sweet, caring and loving on the outside, but it’s what’s on the inside that counts

Part three of this story takes place following the wedding of Megan and I where she shows me a side of herself that even I didn’t know existed. This comes as a result of my constant but unintentional mistreatment towards her during our initial time together.As this part of the story, Megan and I indeed do have a checkered past with each other that I had honestly forgot about, but one that she will waste no time in reminding me that it did exist. With that, here is part three of this saga.

Silent Love part 3: Inner Demons Unleashed

Our story begins in the weeks following our wedding. At this point, I have had no real contact with Chris and his wife due to them being escorted out of our wedding. Though mom is supportive of Megan’s decision to limit my time with Chris due to our marriage, she cannot get over the intended racism of having my supposed best friends being thrown out. In the aftermath of this, mom puts her foot down as it relates to my friendship with Chris and tells us to keep our distance from each other and only have contact if and when it is necessary as he is considered family due to mom having married has father. We manage to maintain our distance with our friendship being nowhere near what it once was. The time that we do spend together is limited and is no longer regarded as special time. During our visits to each other’s house, it basically operates under the rule that “Chris is over at my house and this will only last (insert amount of time,) while he has the same feelings towards me. To make it simple, there is no more bond and we are treated by each other just as if we were regular family members and not best friends. Also, arguments and disagreements have become more frequent, as does the fighting and the name calling, ETC. Chris and I had gone from best friends to to bitter enemies. This was a situation that I would not be able to handle had it not been fro Megan’s influence. At one point, Chris becomes so fed up as does his wife that her parents decide it’s too risky for them to be around anymore and move to a different city thus solidifying themselves to me as distant relatives.

This gives Megan what she has always wanted for as long as we have been together as she had felt as if Chris was taking my time away from her. As far as mom is concerned, she is completely invested in Megan’s role in my life and not only supports it but forces me to embrace it myself while saying that Megan is what she needs as her age is advancing and her health is declining. As mom has now decided that she wants me to get used to not speaking to her all the time, the three of us decide to get rid of my cell phone as Megan and I now live close enough to mom to go over and see her anytime something is needed. This was a decision that was hard for me given how important my cell phone was to me, but Megan wanted to prove to me that she was just as important to me as my cell phone was. That was enough for me to agree to get rid of it. To be fair, trips bath and forth to mom’s house were limited despite how close we lived to each other. In fact, I went days and even months without seeing her, instead relying solely on Megan for support.

In one of those moments that prove the old saying of “you need to be careful what you say as you never know who might be listening,” one day I casually bring up that Megan reminds me of another girl I used to know but had since ended the relationship with her. This was a girl who was homeless at the time I had met her and had a very depressing backstory which included her parents abandoning her as a child. I had broken up with her prior to meeting Megan at the hospital. Megan inquires what happened with that girl and how the relationship ended. Despite me telling her I did not want to discuss the details, she gets it out of me using a threat of anger if I didn’t come clean. At this point, we had yet to have our first fight. After trying to give her false information and leaving crucial points out, (this other girl’s name and backstory,) ETC, Megan corrects me to the point where she is revealed to have been the woman I had met who was homeless!

She says that she took a job as a doctor’s assistant at the hospital after I had broken up with her because she could no longer continue to live with no money or place to live. She explains that she offered to help me to the doctor and be nice to me in mom’s presence to hold up her end the bargain, (having previously promised to make it appear as if we never met as far as mom was concerned to avoid trouble,) but in reality she never forgave me for the unintentional emotional abuse I had caused her during our initial relationship with the main cause for the stress being my inability to introduce her to the family long before the present time.

Having proved her worth to me up to that point, I ask her, “So what do we do now? Now that mom has met you and we have gotten married, are you willing to let your happiness slide or are you going to forget about it as what’s done is now done and cannot be changed?”

“I could break up with right now but I won’t. I know any other woman who isn’t as desperate as I am would have broken up with you upon hearing of half the things you’ve done to me in the past. Having said that, breaking up with you is still an option unless you can prove me otherwise. You may be asking yourself how you do that. Well the answer is simple and this is part of the reason why I took away your cell phone. I want to see just how important I am to you when no one else is around and you have no distractions such as a cell phone or your friend Chris. For once, this relationship is going to work the way it’s supposed to. With me taking priority over anybody or anything else. It’s time for me to feel like I’m the most important thing to you. I even went out of my way to keep my word and not disclose any of our fights to your mom because I love you so much. Now it’s your turn. I’m giving you a month. A month to prove to me that things between us are just the way they should have been all along. No more ignoring me or pushing me aside in favor of other people. I come first and I’m sure your mom will agree. If I don’t feel like the most important person in your life a month from now, I will tell your mom everything and in doing that, this will signal the end of our relationship as I could not keep our private business to ourselves. What kind of relationship doesn’t have aspects that are private? So just know this. You say I’m the best thing that’s ever happened to you. Well now your chance to prove it and if you don’t, I’m not wasting my time you anymore.”

Megan’s explanation on where she believes we currently stand.

For the next few weeks, I go out of my way to ensure that I’m always available for Megan. I had been given my phone again to be able to call her and would always answer her call even if I have yet to talk to mom. For a while, all seemed well between us. It even got to a point where Megan herself was impressed.

“Maybe I was wrong about you.” she said one day happily

Things unfortunately took a turn for the worst when Chris returned home for a week and was staying at mom and his father’s house. We had forgiven each other for all of the fights we once had and were back to being friends again. We scheduled a Friday visit just like we had done before he moved. At this point, there was a movie we both wanted to see which I had forgotten to inform Megan that I was attending. After she tries to call me four times while the movie is in progress, I eventually leave the theatre to return her call. Upon hearing where I am, she questioned why I didn’t invite her and I said I forgot. Outraged, she gets mad and threatens to end the relationship as I have failed to show her how important she is to me. After saying that I won’t do it again, she resolves to give me one more chance by inviting me to an upcoming dance being held at a hall nearby to where I live. She says if I don’t show interest in dancing with her or ask anyone else to dance, it will qualify as a deal breaker and the relationship will end.

The day of the dance comes and Megan is strict as it relates to the distance between myself and her. This being the case, she will not separate from me even when I go to the washroom as she waits outside. Despite this, things seem to be going great until she announces her intention to go out for some air. This was one exception to the rule that she made as she was only going to gone for a minute. That being said, this proved to be a crucial minute as her ex best friend who did not approve of her relationship with me walked in as soon as she left.

“Are you here with Megan?” she asked

“Yes she just went outside for a second. She’ll be back.” I respond

Angered that Megan is still with me, she begins flirting with me claiming that she did not mean anything she said to me before that was mean and explaining her reasoning as jealousy before asking me to dance with her.

Outside, Megan had to take a phone call and was outside for longer than she expected as a result. She returned at absolutely the wrong time as her ex best friend and I begin kissing each other! In that moment, I remember that I’m hurting Megan by doing this and try to stop. As I pull away, Megan is of course standing behind me and begins screaming out of anger before storming out of the hall. Attempts at trying to explain myself prove useless as she announces that we are officially broken up for good as she cannot bring herself to ever get over what she saw.

She cries the whole way home stating “HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?” Out of anger, she pulls out her cell phone and calls mom intending to tell her everything that has happened since I previously met her almost 20 years ago. As it is late at night, she gets no answer. Despite this, she resolves to go ahead with the divorce anyway citing an inability to trust me and filled with shock.

Weeks go by and despite us still living under the same roof, we haven’t spoke since the night of the dance. Mom had since been informed of everything that occurred and has sided with Megan claiming I do not deserve her in my life anymore.

Determined to not give up on us just yet, I reach out to Megan’s friend over the phone and ask her to come clean about the real reason we were dancing. There was something she had told me that night which had made all of the difference. She told me that she thought Megan had initially planned to break up with me no matter how the night turned out. I gave in to the kiss as I did not want to be alone anymore. I tell her I’m desperate for Megan to love me and she agrees to reach out to her to smooth things over.

After hearing her friend’s side of the story, she tells me to follow her to her friend’s house. This was the first time we had spoke since the night of the dance over a month ago. She knocks at the door to her friend’s house. Upon answering the door Megan screams, “ARE YOU SERIOUS?!” as she begins aggressively slapping her in the face while telling her to stay away from us.

“Is that truly what you thought? That I was going to break up with you at the dance no matter what?” she asked

“Your friend hates me and I thought you did too.” I reply

“Jeff, you know that’s not true. I will love you no matter what.” she says

With that, we share one last kiss before returning home

The End