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Lana looked over at the other nervously as she waited for some much needed advice. "So, I typed out a couple million ways to respond but I landed with yes." She admitted as she was scared but she wanted to move forward. Lana knew she was too young to be sad and single forever. It was just that the idea of dating again seemed like one of the hardest things she would ever do.

"I'm scared of looking stupid." Lana said as she bit down on her lip. She was scared if this didn't work out that she'd convince herself that she was just meant to be entirely alone forever. The woman was educated enough to know how irrational that was but right now her feelings were overpowering any sense of logic. "I said I'm ready but now I have to prove it."St

"I hope you're feeling happier than you've ever been." Lars said honestly as he wanted nothing more for her at the moment. He'd been throwing himself into his ranch and some needed repairs. As a result he'd managed to save the ranch that a few months ago he'd been so convinced he was going to lose. He'd found a sense of happiness in that fact. Now all he wanted was the same for her. "I hope you find somebody new." Lars added as he wasn't sure if she'd met anyone. If she had, he wanted her to know that he'd be supportive of that idea. After all, break ups were meant for people to move on.

"There's a thin line between love and hate and it was love, but it wasn't fate." Alexandria said as she tried to explain herself. She knew the information was going to come as a shock but she also knew that she needed to rip off the Band-Aid. There was no going back to how things were. Now all she could do was move forward but there were tears forming in her eyes as she thought about how uncertain her future now was. "This wasn't how it was supposed to play out."

Aaron should have known that this day was coming. Afterall, you cannot avoid your ex forever. He knew the moment he'd walked into this room and saw him that he'd have to have the conversation that he was dreading. Of course Aaron knew his ex had a right to answers. It just didn't make having to give them any easier. After the smallest of small talk, the question came, and Aaron started letting the words flow from his mouth. "We played the part five nights, but we were never there on the weekends. We got along real nice, but when I left town, did you hate me?" Aaron asked his ex as he wanted to know if the resentment had gone both ways because he knew after a certain point he'd become resentful and that was why he needed to go.

"I kissed someone new last night, and now I don't care where you're sleeping. We got along real nice until I wanted out, now I know you hate me." Aaron added quickly as he wanted it to be clear that even though they were having this conversation, things were done. It was just time to put things in the past and leave them there.

"I'm wearing the ring still, but I think I'm lying. Sometimes you forget yours, I think we're done trying." Harmony said, shocked by the words that were coming out of her own mouth. They were high school sweethearts and they were supposed to be together forever but in reality lately Harmony had felt that they weren't meant to have that picture perfect future that they'd always thought of. She felt their relationship had been better when they were younger and he'd loved her more at twenty-three than he loved her now. The magic was gone and she was left with a feeling of dread. Harmony couldn't help but think that this was when it was over for her. "I can't handle another year of us just being fine."

"I know the truth is hard to hear, but it wasn't hard to find." Isaac said as he thought his intentions had always been obvious. Anyone who had ever known Isaac knew that he didn't do serious. Or at least that is what he thought was the case. Now Isaac was looking across the table at the other person and wondering if maybe he should have spelled it all out more clearly. "Tell me, when did I start looking like the enemy?" Isaac asked as he could almost see the resentment in their eyes. Somewhere along the way one of them had crossed a line. Isaac was too stubborn to believe that it might be him. "I know the truth is hard to hear, you've got yours and I've got mine."

"I wasn't strong enough to keep on with all the weight that I carried." Garrett explained as he tried to make sense of the end of his marriage. Everything had fallen apart when they'd moved to a new home and he'd started a new job. The dynamic of their relationship had shifted and there had become this distance between them that he didn't know how to deal with anymore. It seemed things had somehow broken beyond repair and he still didn't understand why. Now he was left trying to pick up the pieces of his life. "Yeah it was love, then it was just married."

Anthony was stuck wondering how long she'd been waiting to take their pictures down, and how long she'd been breaking. "Why am I just finding out?" Anthony said as he was shocked when he heard the woman's words. He had been convinced that the two of them were going to spend their entire lives together and yet here she was saying that she didn't feel the same way. The man was blindsided and trying to figure out where everything had gone wrong. Anthony was thinking over every moment they had spent together as he tried to figure out if there was any signs that their happiness was all in his head.

Anthony knew that it killed him to know that she was drifting apart from him and that he had no idea. He didn't want her to be upset or to ever be unhappy. It was almost like a dagger to his heart to know that wasn't the case. Anthony would have searched the whole world over for her and done anything for the woman. He wondered when things had changed for her and how many of her I love yous hadn't been true. "How long has it been over for you?"