Seven Years, Stolen Dreams

n ye

g I' d been wit

ting my ass in hot kitchens, and her, Sophia, from a Bosto

a "join

hat she c

y paycheck into it

manag

e was bette

her, Leo, had c

ere expensive, a

to be our future, and

ave me big gif

day might get me a nice shirt, maybe dinner

her. I though

for months, eve

l diamond on a simple band,

nt, down by the rive

rted, my voice

own on

you ma

charming smile th

ark! Oh

ut the ring

, everything

back at our apartment,

it in h

s beautif

ice wa

is about family heirlooms. There'

g in her hand, the one I

on't want

ust... complicated with family.

its little box an

ach fel

brought up getting t

own to City Hal

gh her phone, looking at s

she said, n

fee is sixty dol

d at me, a little

really a necessary expense rig

else? Like w

w, wedding planning, deposits... we

I mostl

y do

marriage

cessary

medical bills, the ones I paid using "lo

ing started

ed when we

she was in New Orle

arth back then, laughed at

ambition was

ke it was just funding a l

the sixty-dollar comment,

like a d

m