Fate works in mysterious ways. It
was long before I realized the things that were happening to me were not just
coincidences, they were all for a reason. A reason that I discovered after
everything unfolded and fell into place.
Chapter 1
Tuesday was just like any other day in sunny
Miami, FL. It basically consisted of waking up, getting ready for work, while
not really paying attention to the weather girl on the news, and knowing that
it’s just another ordinary day as I walked out the door and got in my car to
drive work. Being a special needs teacher I absolutely love, but it also got on
my nerves from time to time and today was just one of those days.
My life had changed dramatically in
the last few months. My husband and I decided- more his decision actually- that
our marriage just wasn’t working and called it quits. I moved myself and Gordie
,my beautiful/ugly mutt, back into my parent’s house and into my old room. The
only things that I had with me were the clothes on my back, the crappy car my
wonderful ex-husband left me, which I was trading-in in the next few days for a
better car, and the money I was able to get out of him. My divorce, which was
not finalized, was around the corner and although I was anxiously awaiting it,
I knew that it would ultimately symbolize the end of the beautiful yet
unpleasant life that I had once shared with someone I once loved dearly. But I
knew that it was now in the past and it was time for me to move forward with my
life. And that is exactly what I set out to do.
I arrived at work, walked straight
to my classroom, and started to think of all the things that I have and haven’t
done with my life. At the age of 25 I realized that I hadn’t done shit. I went
from one pathetic relationship to the next and I got married too young to even
process it fully. Although my ex-husband was a “good guy” he still held me back
from exploring life as a twenty-something year old. I wanted more out of life and
couldn’t think of what that MORE was.
Keeping with my own mental babble I didn’t
realize when the door to my room opened. It wasn’t until I smelled his cologne
that I even knew someone else was in my room. When I looked up from my
computer, I saw him. He was the most handsome man I had ever laid eyes on. The
first thing I noticed were his green eyes. I tried as hard as I could to look
away, but gave up. He wasn’t just tall; he was exceptionally tall. Everything
about him just seemed so over the top. He
smiled and it was the most beautiful smile I’d ever seen.
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