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Since that time, I believe she is
still with Brandon, but I wouldn’t know for certain. I don’t want
to say that I don’t care, but unfortunately, it is out of my hands.
Now that we are back in Europe for our second leg of the tour, the
time zone changes practically every show and I can hardly keep the
day straight, let alone calculate the time to where Melinda lives.
I was never going to ask her to give up a career as a nurse where
people genuinely depend on her, throw away a stable living space
with two animals, just to run off with me.
From the very beginning it was always my plan to find her again,
and offer her a flight to my country for another weekend, but now
that doesn’t seem possible. The way I left must have painted me
into a monster, but that’s not me. I have my own life to deal with,
just like she has hers, that maybe one day she will not hate me as
much for owning up to. I still wish that in another lifetime we
will be together to share our special word once again. In the mean
time I have no choice to keep our relations as is.

Several weeks had past and I have been
occupied with performing everywhere. Gig offers at every place I
can think of, with no time to do anything else but rehearse. The
free time that I actually have, was spent sleeping. Exhaustion
became my middle name, but no matter how tired I was, my thoughts
always seem to trace back to Melinda.

Unbelievably, television shows are
starting to call in for interviews requests. We are on top of the
game, maybe not just yet, but I can smell it. Although we are
almost on top of the world, I feel incomplete. Those two nights
with Melinda still linger in my thoughts as I crave for her to be
here . . . with me. As I pace back and forth, passing my hands
through my hair lost in thought, I take advantage of this very
moment to find my phone. Unlocking my phone I find a text from an
unfamiliar U.S. number.

I have decided to move on
with my life, leaving you as part of my past. I came to realize I
can’t keep living like this, not without you. Therefore, I wish you
the best success.

Sincerely,
Melinda.

For the reader: Sometimes life offers
you a choice between what’s really best for your heart and what’s
really best for your mind. Some people take the road that makes
their heart the happiest, and others make the most logical
decision.  It’s up to you, the reader, to make the appropriate
decision for how this story continues based on your own personal
thoughts and feelings. Should they both leave their own lives to
reconnect and be with one another? Or should they leave behind what
once was a lustful fantasy that meant more than a one night
stand?

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