Always Almost Married
Jaxon Slater and I had lived as a married couple for five years, but we had never made it official.
Every time we went to City Hall to sign the papers, Lisa Clark, Jaxon's coworker, found a way to derail it.
The first time, she did not know how to format a document, so he stayed behind at the office to help her.
The second time, she came down with a fever. He hung up on me mid-call and left without a backward glance.
The third time, she had a performance review. He got so caught up in it that he left me at City Hall for an entire day.
It happened fifteen times. Every attempt to make our marriage legal was interrupted by something involving her.
I saw the pattern for what it was. A man like that was not worth keeping.
Thus, I left for good.
And the moment I did, he came after me as if nothing else in his life mattered.