Age Shamed

I waited ten whole years for Garrett.

I waited until he finally completed his classified government research program and came home.

A decade ago, he made a solemn promise to marry me the moment he returned.

I gave him my youth, waiting from twenty-five to thirty-five, only to watch him come back and propose to my stepsister.

He told me coldly, "I have no interest in marrying a middle-aged woman. At your age, it is simply too late to do anything worthwhile."

Yet as long as you truly desire to