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Love Like Woe
Trust is defined as reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety of a person or thing. It’s loosely translated as confidence, or the confident expectation of something; a sort of hope.
For some, it’s the only thing that really matters in a relationship. For others it’s merely a thing of the past, an old adage that only existed in medieval times. Something that always is laughable is the idea that any real relationship can exist without trust.
Once upon a time, there was a happy family. The Roberts’ family was the picture perfect American dream. Father was a prestigious politician, on his way to becoming senator, mother was the ultimate sidekick and housewife, always cooking and cleaning, and making sure the three perfect Roberts’ children were absolutely spotless. They’re marriage was essentially perfect. Doting husband a loving wife, perfect children; all was perfect in the Roberts household.
Perfect, that is, until the biggest secret in the world came out. See, daddy wasn’t quite so perfect. Daddy fell in love with another woman. Daddy screwed up. Daddy had another baby, and it wasn’t with his wife. Daddy had to leave his place in the running for senator. But that’s not all daddy left, oh no. He left the picture perfect family behind. Daddy chose them.
The family was humiliated. Tristan, the eldest Roberts at ten, was crushed. He’d lost his father figure. But he wasn’t the one who’d taken it the hardest; neither had the youngest Roberts, Layla, who was still too young to understand. No, the weight of the heartache fell on the shoulders of seven year old Arianna Roberts. Her world was destroyed. Her father, whom she’d begged to stay, unwrapped her arms from his leg, pushed her back, and told her goodbye. And when Arianna asked why, he’d hammered a nail into the coffin that held her trust.
“I have another family who needs me, Arianna. I’m sorry.”
Trust was broken that moment, forever scarring the seven year old.
It’s been fifteen years and Arianna still hasn’t forgotten how much it hurt to watch her father walk out the door. She probably never will, and she definitely will not allow herself to be put in any predicament that may hurt her just as much. It’s part of the reason she’s thrown herself into her schooling and work; and it’s the reason she’s never really ever bothered to date.
But, when she meets Jack Barakat will that change, or will her past make her remain the same?
For some, it’s the only thing that really matters in a relationship. For others it’s merely a thing of the past, an old adage that only existed in medieval times. Something that always is laughable is the idea that any real relationship can exist without trust.
Once upon a time, there was a happy family. The Roberts’ family was the picture perfect American dream. Father was a prestigious politician, on his way to becoming senator, mother was the ultimate sidekick and housewife, always cooking and cleaning, and making sure the three perfect Roberts’ children were absolutely spotless. They’re marriage was essentially perfect. Doting husband a loving wife, perfect children; all was perfect in the Roberts household.
Perfect, that is, until the biggest secret in the world came out. See, daddy wasn’t quite so perfect. Daddy fell in love with another woman. Daddy screwed up. Daddy had another baby, and it wasn’t with his wife. Daddy had to leave his place in the running for senator. But that’s not all daddy left, oh no. He left the picture perfect family behind. Daddy chose them.
The family was humiliated. Tristan, the eldest Roberts at ten, was crushed. He’d lost his father figure. But he wasn’t the one who’d taken it the hardest; neither had the youngest Roberts, Layla, who was still too young to understand. No, the weight of the heartache fell on the shoulders of seven year old Arianna Roberts. Her world was destroyed. Her father, whom she’d begged to stay, unwrapped her arms from his leg, pushed her back, and told her goodbye. And when Arianna asked why, he’d hammered a nail into the coffin that held her trust.
“I have another family who needs me, Arianna. I’m sorry.”
Trust was broken that moment, forever scarring the seven year old.
It’s been fifteen years and Arianna still hasn’t forgotten how much it hurt to watch her father walk out the door. She probably never will, and she definitely will not allow herself to be put in any predicament that may hurt her just as much. It’s part of the reason she’s thrown herself into her schooling and work; and it’s the reason she’s never really ever bothered to date.
But, when she meets Jack Barakat will that change, or will her past make her remain the same?