Chapter 41: Crossed Lines
Infidelity. Four years of laughter, of promises made, A love steady, like sunlight through shade. But care came in hands I did not expect, A soul’s gentle presence, my heart’s secret defect. While I wore the pants, paid the rent, held the weight, Your absence from work shaped our fate. A kiss in a game, a spark that betrayed, Emotions awakened, yet trust frayed. Not malice, not hatred, just hearts that misstepped, Love’s fragile garden, where boundaries wept. And now I walk forward, lessons in tow, Of choices, of longing, of what hearts truly know— Sometimes it’s the people you lean on, the one who shows, That when love falters, a new path often grows. I wanted to be honest, I wanted to be true, But the heart has its own way of breaking through. And in the end, the truth I can’t undo: I broke us first. I broke you first. Fantasies became reality.