Six Sentence Sunday: The Spirit of Love #9

by Karen Michelle Nutt

It's Six Sentence Sunday and This is the 9th snippet from The Spirit of Love.

If this is your first SSS, here's a quick update: Brynna and Travis lost their son (Jake) due to a tragic accident. Instead of turning to each other they drifted apart. However, they own a Ghost Hunting business and they were scheduled for a night at the Queen Mary. This is the first time they have seen each other in months. In this scene: It takes place a few paragraphs after Snippet 8 left off. Here's  Snippet 7 too.

Brynna just asked Travis if he loved her so much how could he have cheated on her?

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Now for the six: (Travis is speaking.)

“You shut me out, but I take full responsibility for my stupidity. That night I drank myself into oblivion thinking it would ease my pain, but in the light of day, it had only escalated the problem. It doesn’t change anything, I know, but I don’t remember being with Tanya. I never wanted her.” He shifted the camera to his other arm, sliding the strap high on his shoulder. “I wanted you, Brynna.”

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The sincerity of his words breaks Brynna's heart. She knows what he says is true. For months, she pushed him away, but hearing the facts doesn't make the reality of his betrayal hurt any less. Unfortunately, love does not solve everything. You can love someone and still disappoint them.

Have you ever been in a relationship where you both disappointed the other in some way?  Were you able to work out your problems and forgive each other or did the relationship end?

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Come by next week for the next six sentences! There's only a few more of these left. It all ends at the end of this month. 🙁 I just found out it doesn't have to end. Thanks JM. Here's the link to sign up for SSS in Feb. http://www.skyewarren.com/six/

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22 thoughts on “Six Sentence Sunday: The Spirit of Love #9”

  2. Even as an impartial witness (LOL) I still feel the hurt his words would cause, because my reaction is if she meant nothing, why was she worth so much pain to someone you loved? I know men don’t always see it that way, but it would still HURT that way. To answer your question, I’ve been with my husband since shortly after I turned 18 (which has been over 17 years now) – pretty much my entire adult life – and we’ve never had any serious problems, let alone something of this magnitude. All that stuff in high school doesn’t count, LOL.

    1. Men are physical creatures. They can usually can have sex even if they don’t like the woman. Heck they’ll have sex if they’re ill and it’s their last breath.lol

      Recently my husband and I watched Murderball- it is about the sport of quad rugby, in which teams of quadriplegic men in steel-reinforced wheelchairs play rugby on an indoor court. A few of the men discussed what led up to their injury and after. Do you know what was most on their mind? You got it: Could they still have sex? And yep, that still worked.

      I don’t know if any of you know this, I certainly didn’t. There are varying degrees of of being quadriplegic. Quadriplegic simply means having limited mobility in all four limbs (and, yes, sometimes no mobility at all).

      So back to Travis and Brynna- They’re both hurting. Brynna deals with the pain by shutting everyone out and ignores Travis’ existence for months on end. Travis turns to drinking and for a moment, someone offers comfort. It’s amazing how this one act, this one night could destroy a lifetime of happiness.

      Even knowing all of this, it would still be a tough place to come back from. I’ve been with my husband since I was nineteen. (married 28 years in March.) Sarah–I agree all that went on in the teens and early 20s doesn’t count. lol Seems a lifetime ago, doesn’t it?

  9. Very sincere emotions, and a very believable situation. My so-called fiancé/boyfriend/whatever has disappointed me in a lot of ways as well, which is why he’s probably going to be my official ex soon.

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