I met her when I was 25 years old and just starting my career as a cop. She was 20 years old…. And god, even then i knew she was going to be apart of my life. She was a missing piece i didn’t realize i was missing, that’s a bad but you know what i mean. She understood me in a way no one else did. She stayed up so many nights just to make sure I got home safe and into her arms. She worked at home, working on her online business. She was… amazing.. we got married after a year of dating…. Then divorced two years later, we just…lost the connection we had we stayed friends, but a part of me knew I was never moving on from this amazing woman

it had been three years since our divorce. Her business had grown into something world wide and she is probably making more money than me. We were taking a walk together downtown. She was talking to me about a date and the guy. “he seems really nice but….I don’t know. Something seems off..” I just looked at her “look, I say go for it. I know you’re used to trusting your gut but the last thing you trusted your gut, it throw up into the toilet when you thought out drinking my dad who is a military veteran.” she laughed and shoved my arm “shut up, asshole.” I laughed with her “okay fine. I’ll go on the date.” those words were probably what made this hurt so much. because the guy she went on a date with, was a serial killer. The serial killer that the station had been looking for. And I pushed her towards him. we found her and got the serial killer…. She was so…dehydrated and looked weak. I found her in a barrel and once I got her out…she sobbed into my arms

two years later

we were in my car. Just talking about some random bullshit. When she brought up about going on a date. I didn’t want to answer so I just nodded and listened until I finally said something “why would you even care what I think?” she snapped her head towards me. “excuse me?” I sighed, frustrated “the last time, I gave you romantic advice… I pushed you towards..” my grip on the steeling wheel tightened “I pushed you towards that bastard and you almost died” her face softened and she touched my shoulder. That one touch send sparks through my body