"How do- what? Is this a joke?" I ask and look at Leah and her friend.

The guy shakes his head no and Leah raises her eyebrows.

I'm staring at photos of some girl with my fiancé, naked photos... this is... this is ridiculous. And now I know where Danny ran off to the other night. He was with... her. And I let him. I sucked- oh my god. This can't be happening. This is what happens in movies... not in the real life happily ever after!

"Nathan, thank you. Delete all of this and go hom-"

"No." I cut Leah off and glance at her. "I want to catch him." I say and she looks surprised.

"You want to confront him?" Her brown eyes widen and she waits for an answer.

"Hell yes I want to confront him! If he can ask me to marry him while taking part in this shit, he can tell me the truth... to my face." I grit.

"That's... ballsy." She says and sighs.

"Go back to the calendar. Where are they meeting tomorrow night?" I ask and scroll back to marked calendar dates.

"Italian place on main... 6:30pm." Leah reads off.

"Wanna have dinner with me tomorrow?" I ask her and force a smirk.

She laughs quietly and grabs my head and kisses my forehead. "Mm, you're a crazy bitch, aren't you?" I guess I am.

* * *

After last night's events and findings, I'm stressed. I woke up and with a pimple on my face and I'm ridiculously tired. I slept on the couch. Danny was too drunk to even notice I wasn't in bed when he came back home.

I have a lot of mixed emotions about all of this, and I think deep inside I'm hoping it'll be okay and turn out to be a joke or something. This is the man I have spent years building a life with. We are supposed to get married and grow old together! It can't just be over like that.

It's 6:30pm right now, and Danny isn't here. He left earlier but didn't specify where he was going... little did he know I already knew where he was headed.

I talked to Leah today and she tried to talk me out of this, but failed; however, she did manage to get out of doing this with me. I don't care, I can handle it myself.

I make it to the restaurant and pull up to the valet parking area. I step out and hand the man my keys, but I tell him to keep the car close because I'll only be a moment.

My adrenaline gets more powerful than my nerves for a second and I walk into the restaurant like I own it. I glance around and see Danny's scumbag face at one of the booths. He's with a girl, a young girl.

I feel something inside of me snap as I walk to the table. "How's the work thing?" I ask him and look at the girl.

He freezes and looks up at me, "Jennifer?!"

"Yeah, your fiancé?" I say, being a smart ass.

The girl looks down and away from me, not saying a word.

"I hope you have fun with your new girlfriend, Danny. Here... maybe she wears the same ring size as me." I hiss and take the ring off, placing it in front of the girl.

I walk away quickly before I start to cry and go to my car. I tip the valet worker and leave, the tears starting to flow.

It took me a moment to realize what I just did... I just ended a nearly ten year relationship. What now?

I call Leah and she answers quickly. "How'd it go?" She asks me.

"It... it went. I left him, Leah." I say, making myself realize it as well.

She sighs, "alright, I'm coming over. You can stay with me for the next few days until my parents get back in town. After that... we can work something out." She tells me.

Before I have a chance to respond she ends the call. I go home and go straight to our bedroom and grab a suitcase. I throw clothes into it quickly,  wanting to get out before Danny comes back.

About halfway through my packing ,Leah comes into the room and frowns. "I'm sorry." She hugs me tightly and strokes my back.

"He's a douche. I just- I'm stupid. I didn't see it." I say and shake my head, "how did I not see it?!"

"I don't know what to say, Jen. I'm sorry. This sucks." She says and shakes her head.

"Screw it." I say and open another drawer and pull all of its contents out, tossing them onto the bed Danny and I once shared.

"He can re-use them." I hiss, looking at all of the skimpy lingerie outfits I've collected over the years.

Leah laughs a little bit and bites her lip, "yikes, you're one of those girls?" She teases me.

I shoot her a look and she laughs, "kidding. Come on. Let's go."

I go with Leah to her parents house and put my things in the guest room. Danny has been calling over and over, which isn't surprising to me. I won't answer now and I probably won't later on either. I don't even want to hear his voice.

I toss my phone to the other side of the bed and sigh. Then, I see the door open a little bit and Leah sticks her arm in and swings a wine bottle from side to side.

I laugh a little and she comes in, "this makes everything better." She assures me and sits down in front of me, handing me an empty glass.

She pours both our drinks and puts the bottle on the floor beside the bed. "You know he is an idiot, right?" She asks.

"Yeah." I say and roll my eyes.

"Jennifer, I'm serious. He should've never cheated on you... he's not going to find another you."

"Right. That Gabriella girl is gonna give him everything I did and then some by the looks of it. How long was that happening for? I feel like such an idiot for not noticing." I whine and shake my head.

Leah's head shakes again, "this isn't on you, it's on him."

"Leah. I gave him head the morning after he screwed her." I admit.

She fights a smile and laugh, "get past it. I've kissed a man before... that's worse in my opinion." She jokes and she even makes me laugh a bit.

"Are women as bad as guys?" I ask her and lay back, looking up at the textured ceiling.

"Mm, no. Not in the same ways, at least. Girls have a much better understanding of each other." She explains to me.

"I can't believe I didn't know!" I say, seriously frustrated with myself. "I feel like I should've seen it coming."

"Okay, look." Leah says and grabs my hand and makes me sit up and look at her. "You shouldn't have seen it. You trusted him, if you saw it coming it means you had doubts... which you would have made for a very unhealthy relationship. I'm sorry that he's a piece of shit and did this to you, but it doesn't change the fact that you are a good person and you were faithful to him. Okay? Screw him, Jennifer. Take it as a chance to learn and grow! This is years of your life... you have a lot of things to catch up on. And plus, if he finds out that I'm still talking to you and that we are going to remain as close as we are... he'll never speak to me again. I'm okay without him. He's never been the best anyway..." she jokes and nudges my leg.

I smile slightly and she touches my chin, "you're okay. This is okay." She reassures me and I nod my head.

Hours later I'm in Leah's bed watching a movie with her. Danny won't stop calling and texting, but I've basically built up an immunity to it at this point. I don't have time to worry about him. I just want to go to sleep.

"You sleeping here?" Leah mutters and looks over at me.

"Mmhm." I nod, too tired to form actual words.

She leans over and presses her lips to my head, "Okay, goodnight." She whispers and I fall asleep soon after.