Desperate to protect his sister from further harm, Alec makes a shocking proposition to his best friend, Dustyn Franco: marry Tamara to keep her safe. Dustyn, a notorious playboy with a hidden past of unrequited love for Tamara, faces an impossible choice. Will he take the chance to safeguard the woman he has always adored, or will the ghosts of their pasts and the looming threats of the present tear them apart? Dive into a tale of love, betrayal, and the fierce bonds of family as they navigate a treacherous world where trust is fragile and danger lurks around every corner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Started: August 29, 2019 Finished: March 1, 2021 Highest Rank 07/15/20 #2- babygirl 06/10/20 #2 - miss 03/01/21 #1 - wife (I do not own any of the images that is included in the story.)

What We Survived Some love stories don't break loudly. They fracture quietly-through silence, guilt, misunderstandings, and the things left unsaid. Mara thought walking away would save her. Caleb thought loving her harder would fix everything. An accident changes the course of their lives. A betrayal forces the truth into the open. A baby arrives when nothing feels certain. This is not a story about perfect love. It's about broken vows, hospital corridors, therapy rooms, and the slow, painful work of choosing each other again. About guilt that lives in the body. About forgiveness that doesn't come easily. About love that survives-not because it's simple, but because it refuses to die. What We Survived is a raw, emotional slow-burn about marriage, loss, healing, and the quiet courage it takes to stay.

Here I thought my family is ready to give me another chance when they decided to release me from my prison. Only to find out that they are about to throw me yet again into another. I was never inform of this arrangement. I have to find out the day I got out of rehab. I was told to meet my parents for dinner with someone. I was just too happy to be out for the first time so I didn't think too much of it. And there goes the announcement. I met my bride to be. Apparently, I'm the only one who wasn't informed about the wedding. I, Erin May Vandercourt is the fiancé of Tori Fitzgerald.

My fiance was due back from his year-long deployment today. His job was dangerous, the area he was in even more so, which led to me keeping my heartbreaking news to myself so he wouldn't be distracted while he was overseas. Little did I know, he'd already been distracted. And she let me know it.

Flash back to 1954. For seven months, Michael had been working many extra hours during the week, coming home late and even having to go into the office on weekends. Susan stayed at home, patiently waiting for his return each day. One evening, she called her widowed friend whose husband had died in Korea...and she heard her Michael's distinctive voice in the background...when he was supposed to be at work. After discovering his lies, Susan takes a stand that most women didn't take in the Fifties, hoping that Michael would come to understand his wife in an entirely new way.