When the Dream Fades
My boyfriend returned from his volunteer teacher post with a quiet girl. She wore bleached clothes and always spoke timidly, calling my boyfriend's name intimately.
Since then, everything in our house had an extra copy for her. Winona Chaucer had everything I had and didn't have.
I could put up with that, but then came the day of the proposal.
My boyfriend knelt on one knee and pulled out a ring box with two rings inside.
He looked at me and softened his voice to the point I thought he was convincing a child to accept an unreasonable request.
"Winona said she wanted one too. Don't take it to heart, alright? Will you marry me, Liliana Davis"
I looked at the identical diamond rings but t