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the last one.  That could be deadly.”
    “I know, but all of my friends are happily married or in these story tale relationships.  Where’s my Prince Charming?  Where’s my knight in shining armor.  I want to be swept off my feet, leaving nothing but a Jimmy Choo behind as the only evidence of my existence.”
    “You read too many books.  However, I do understand what you mean.”
    “Denise, please,” Aprile huffed.  “You are married to the man of your dreams.  He absolutely worships the ground you walk on.”
    “And?”
    Aprile shook her head as if to say, whatever .
    “You act like one day I had a dream and the next day it came true.  I had to wait for my Prince Charming.  He didn’t magically appear in my life, contrary to popular beliefs.”
    “I’m listening.”
    “Well, we’re going to need another glass of wine for this.  Helen!”
    Helen walked into the sitting room.  “Yes, ma’am.”
    “Can you bring us two more glasses of wine, please?  On the other hand, bring the whole bottle.”
    “Yes, ma’am.”
    “This must be good,” Aprile commented.
    Helen returned with the wine bottle and a bucket of ice.  She sat them on the table.
    “Will that be all, Mrs. Chatman?”
    “Yes.  Thank you, Helen.  See you tomorrow?”
    “Yes, ma’am.  You ladies have a wonderful evening,” she winked, reminiscing her younger days.
    “You too and be careful going home.”
    She smiled. 
    They sat quietly until they heard the garage door lowering.
    “Okay.  Spill it!”
    Denise laughed as she got comfortable on the floor beside her friend.   She picked up the remote from the table and pressed a button.  Music began to play.
    “ Come on, Denise.  Share the knowledge.”
    “Now, what I’m about to disclose to you doesn’t leave this room.  Got it?”
    “Alright, alright!”  Aprile laughed.
    “People used to always wonder why I would always write about love.”
    “Shoot, I wondered that myself.”
    “Well, I always wrote about it because it was something that I always wanted, but never had.”
    “That’s crazy, Denise.  DJ has always loved you.  Like I said he worships the very ground that you walk on.”
    Denise chuckled.  “I’m talking even before DJ.  I remember being in a real lonely place in life.  I wanted nothing more than to be loved and it seemed like everyone that I met was more than willing to give it to me.  Just not in the way I needed it.”
    “Mmmppp.  That’s every woman’ s story,” Aprile added.
    “Well, when I got tired of giving all of myself to people who seemed to deplete and never replenish I told myself, ‘Self.  You should try something different’.  My grandmother used to say that if a person wanted something different then they should try something different.”
    “I’ll drink to that.”
    “You’re so silly.  Anyways, so I made a vow that I wasn’t going to give any more of my time or energy to men who didn’t deserve it.”
    “I bet that was hard.”
    “It was, especially when I was accustomed to showing love in a certain way.  DJ and I were friends, but that was all we were.  I would call him for spiritual advice and have him pray for me from time to time because I felt like God would hear his prayers before he would hear mine,” she laughed.  “I always had a special place in my heart for him though.  It was always something about him.  He was different from all the other men I knew.”
    “I knew it!  You said you didn’t like him.  You’re such a liar.”
    “Girl, hush.  Anyways, I used to wonder why life seemed so hard for me.  I couldn’t understand what I was doing wrong to the point that nothing was going right.  I prayed and cried, cried and prayed, but nothing changed.   That was the loneliest time of my life. ”
    “I’m so confused.  You had friends.  There were tons of guys who were interested in dating you.”
    “I didn’t want just any guy .  When all you’re meeting are liars,