Today was the big day with months of planning involved. I had made the decision to ask the woman I loved to be my wife. Her engagement ring was nestled securely in my pocket, the picnic basket was packed, and we had arrived at the rose garden at the park. While sure her answer would be yes the butterflies in my stomach swarmed. We had been inseparable since meeting unexpectedly through a mutual friend. We had been so close to each other for years sharing this mutual friend but had never crossed paths or even knew about each other until fate placed us together when we were both ready. For me within five minutes of meeting her my heart and mind were screaming "She is the one, I am going to marry her". Truth be told I actually had her turn me down twice to go on a date. The third time she asked me if I was going to ask her out again and I said no before she told me not to give up so easily.
Today everything was going perfectly as planned. It took massive amounts of patience on my part not to pop the question until the time was just right. When the moment arrived I did the traditional one knee with ring in hand proposal. She smiled and immediately tears poured down her cheeks. However they weren't tears of joy but sadness. My stomach turned and my heart literally stopped beating for a second. How could I have been so wrong, what had I missed, were my own feelings blinding me?
She took the ring from my hand and choked back her emotions before telling me she wanted nothing more than to be my wife BUT we needed to talk first. She explained that she had been wanting and waiting for this moment with me but also dreading it at the same time.
Before locking me into engagement she didn't want me to not be aware of her past and something else first. Marriage she told me shouldn't be entered without truth. We took a seat on the blanket and she proceeded to tell me about growing up with her stepfather (now deceased) after her mother passed when she was young. How eventually her stepdad had her started watching porn with him and watching him masturbate. The progression of events that moved to eventually helping him masturbate to them becoming intimate with intercourse