"Dammit!" he'd yelled after he burned the garlic bread. He checked his watch. Brandy would be there in fifteen minutes.
He remembered cursing fluently as he dumped the burnt bread into the trash can. The just wouldn't have any bread with their pasta that night.
Brandy had arrived right on time and they began their meal, repeating loving words to one another over the candles.
AJ had reached into his pocket to fetch the ring when Brandy started telling him about her day.
It can wait a few more minutes. he'd thought as he replaced the ring in his pocket and listened to her intently.
His hand had paused over his pasta as she told him about her ex-fiancee coming to town.
"Jared and I had lunch together today." she'd said.
AJ saw red. He didn't listen to the rest of her story. In fact, he didn't give her a chance to finish her story. He began yelling at her. AJ would never forget the look on her beautiful face when he accused her of betraying him.
She began yelling back at him and they fought for hours.
Finally Brandy had had enough. She grabbed her pursed and her keys and she left, telling him that that was the last time she'd let his jealousy ruin her happiness. And then she was gone.
