I Believed True Love Would Always Win — Part 2

I lost my Soul Mate and here I am homeless again

Colleen Millsteed
Moon Light Confessions
5 min readSep 11, 2021

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I Believed True Love Would Always Win — Part 2. I lost my Soul Mate and here I am homeless again. A Non-Fiction Short Story written by Colleen Millsteed.
Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Standing on the side of the road, with everything I owned on the ground beside me, I watched the love of my life drive away, taking my heart and a piece of my soul with him. From this day forward, I would never again be whole, I was officially and everlastingly broken.

If you haven’t read how it was I got to this point in my life, please read this story.

Caught up? Here’s the rest of that story.

After Wesley’s car disappeared from view, I turned and looked at the house in front of me. My father’s house, he lives here with my stepmother. Would I be welcome or did I break mine and Wesley’s heart for nothing? Only to be turned away and homeless still.

I carried all my belongings, scant few there were, and walked up the front path to eventually knock on the front door. Thankfully Dad was home. He opened the front door and ushered me in. We sat down in the lounge room and I explained I had nowhere to live. Dad told me I was…

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Colleen Millsteed
Colleen Millsteed

Written by Colleen Millsteed

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.