It started six years ago.
Only a language so foreign could capture her attention.
His playful manner was his disguise.
Teasing, persisting, never leaving her alone.
The two seemed as though they were friends of forever.
Strangely enough, he could not pronounce her first name.
That's when she became LADY.
LADY by name, and the perfect Lady for this specific gentleman, MANLY.
Weeks later he asked for her hand in marriage.
Not once.
Not twice.
Three times.
All times she refused.
Not because she didnt feel what he felt, but because she felt too much.
Yes, there was another man in LADY's life, but when MANLY was around, there was no denying her need to be loved by him.
In time he found another to court and LADY thought that it was time to let go.
MANLY left the country that same year, with his new "Lady".
She thought this was the end, but she was mistaken.
He still teased her.
He still persisted.
He would still never leave her alone.
What was LADY to think, thousands of kilometres away and still with another "Manly".
She entertained the thought and in her fantasies she was to marry MANLY.
Suddenly, he changed.
He became quiet.
Distant, in fact.
There was no more contact from the man of her fantasy.
LADY tried and tried to rekindle the feeling but MANLY had cut her off for someone "better".
A year later, MANLY made contact.
Expressing his love and wanting her forever. Again.
Because LADY felt so strong about her fantasies she listened and considered the path that she wanted her love to be travelling on.
Even with another man in her life, all fingers pointed in MANLY's direction.
She decided to wait for him.
A sudden tragedy brought MANLY home.
Although he was going through a pain of his own, LADY thought this was the time for her to be there for him, and for them to live out their fantasy.
She let her guard down for the very first time.
She wore her heart on her sleeve.
Naturally, you would think he would be overjoyed that six years later it was their time.
No.
He declined.
His love was with someone else.
His excuse - "I don't want to make her a fool..."
SIX YEARS LATER and a woman of a few months suddenly took first preference.
MANLY dragged LADY on a journey of what she thought was true love.
She realised that when it suited him then she was number one.
When he started his sentences with, "I love you, but..." that's when she knew she had to let go.
Goodbye six years of total bliss.
Goodbye six years of creating a heart just for him.
Their journey went separate directions, and as she walked away, she removed her heart from her sleeve.
She promised herself that she would never give six years to another man that couldn't see magic right in front of him.
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