If you're going to want to start at episode one.

This is the true story of my life.

I changed some names and details to protect the innocent.

It is marked explicit. Proceed with caution.

I wanted the red flags to burn.

I didn't want them to be real. I wanted him to be real. I wanted the love to be real and I wanted to

gaslight myself into the love story that I always wanted.

You probably think the story is about you.

I'm Brittany Ard and this story is mine. After sleeping with him all night and the cuddling and waking up to his sweet smile, I put my concerns to the back of my head.

So we had just had sex. I'm in bed, naked naked and he had gotten up to get in the shower. He was getting ready

so I could take him to the airport. He was leaving that morning to flight Arizona for his son's football game.

And he had left his phone on the nightstand,

on his side of the bed, face up. His phone buzzed a few times. It was a little weird because he never

left his phone anywhere or out and I looked over at his phone. I didn't touch it but there was a

bumble notification. I was like oh they're probably trying to get him to renew his subscription or get back on the dating apps.

I didn't have any reason to think that he was cheating or that there was somebody else that he was talking to. My initial feelings were not anger or I didn't pick up the phone and throw it at it.

I needed to process what I thought it was, or what I thought it meant.

He came out, grabbed his phone, went back into the bathroom to like finish getting ready after the shower.

The door was open, so we were sort of talking as he was packing and getting ready.

It was normal in love conversation.

We were talking about him heading to the football game,

when we were gonna see each other.

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