Fourteen

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* Everytime you lose at something, you are one step closer to winning the next time. *

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----- Joseph ------

I'd always been an expert at decision making. “ Don't think of the odds, just follow your Intuition. ” Has been my mantra.

But now? I'm faced with a tough decision which requires me not to only follow my intuition, but also my heart as this concerns two ladies in my life.

One is my best friend of over five years and the second is the love of my life, Vera Lynn.

I've seen a lot of guys have both a best friend and a girlfriend and succeeded in maintaining a balance.

But why is mine so different?

Couldn't Mira have simply been happy with my relationship with Vera and not tried to split us apart?

If she had, then I wouldn't be stuck between two mountains.

“ We'll always be together right, Jose? ” The image of fourteen year old Miranda flashed in my eyes. It was May 3rd, on my sixteenth birthday and we'd sat in the living room consuming the remnants of th