Years ago, I met Jenny on vacation. She was really cool, and so free spirited. She was a quiet girl, but her kindness shone brighter than anything. Off the bat, I knew she was a romantic. I know it sounds cheesy, and I was never really into shy nerdy girls, but Jenny was somehow not my type and exactly my type. She talked about being a movie producer and advocating for marginalized groups. We only hung out for three days, but I fell head over heels in love. There was just one issue - I already had a girlfriend. Not to talk bad about my ex, but she was very bossy and rude to me. The relationship should've been over long before I met Jenny.

There was a guy Jenny and I met on that trip. His name was Lucas. We were all drinking together, and when Jenny was getting drunk, he bought her a water (I'm 95% he roofied her). He tried staying with her while she was unconscious in the hotel room. I was drunk, and the best I could come up with to protect her was to say that I liked her. I regretted it as soon as I said it.

All of our mutual friends told her what I said. And course, they left out what Lucas did. Jenny came up to me and asked if what I said was true. I had to tell her the truth. I didn't allow her to follow me on social media, because I wanted to be loyal to my girlfriend. When I rejected Jenny's Instagram request, she blocked me for a couple of days.

It's been years later, and now Jenny and Lucas are getting married. I don't have all the details, but Lucas moved to Jenny's city for work, and Jenny took him under her wing and would have lunch with him sometimes. Eventually, he got invited to family dinners, and then to holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. What I know now is that Jenny has a successful performing arts niche, and Lucas is a high ranking officer in the military. They are both well off.

A friend that I still keep in contact with told me about Jenny. Jenny knows that Lucas tried to take advantage of her. She always sort of knew what he tried to do, but because I rejected her so harshly, Lucas's advances were almost invited. It's like she has Stockholm Syndrome. I wish I were making this up. I wish she didn't now, so that there'd still be a chance for her to get out of this union. But she knows. Before me, Jenny never had a guy ever be interested in her before, so she took it really hard. A lot of Jenny's family members dislike Lucas, too. They say that when he yells, he gets crazy. One time, Jenny's aunt made an insulting comment over Jenny's appearance, saying that she can't believe that Lucas liked Jenny, since she doesn't dress nice. Lucas then punched her in the face and had her in a chokehold. He asked Jenny if she wanted to take a swing at her, and she was going to accept, but another cousin held her back. It took several people to get Lucas off, because Lucas is 6'3" and weighs 250 pounds.

No charges were ever filed, because Jenny and Lucas paid the aunt off. Jenny didn't care that her aunt's life was in danger, if anything, it made her more drawn to Lucas because he fought for her. Most of the family doesn't approve of the marriage. Because of that, Jenny is going to move to his hometown, and she wants to quit her job. That scares me. She's moving to the other side of the country and she's going to be financially dependent on a rapist and abuser. Yes, rapist. Supposedly, in Lucas's hometown, there are at least eight girls that have come forward and claimed that Lucas took advantage of them, but there's not enough evidence to convict him.

Our mutual friend asked Jenny if she still thought of me. She said yes, everyday. That I was the man she wanted to marry for the longest time. Even after what I did to her, she knew I wasn't a bad person. However, she wants a "good love story", and a good love story doesn't involve choosing another woman over her and then cutting off all contact for years on end. She knows of Lucas's nature, but she says that the fact that he was so overt with his interest for her really sparked something inside of her.

Tl;dr: led a girl on, cut off all contact with her, and now she's with an abusive man