Stella’s best guy friend was Brandon. He worked at a big, stable company and had a beautiful fiancée.They had known each other for years, long before I ever came into the picture.Stella knew about Brandon’s fiancée, but Brandon’s fiancée had no idea Stella existed.According to Brandon, he wanted his and Stella’s friendship to be a secret, exclusive to just the two of them.Stella was thrilled about this. Someone willing to share a secret with her meant she was important to them.
When I first learned about Stella’s best guy friend, I subtly expressed my discomfort. But that made the usually gentle Stella explode.She accused me of insulting her “pure” friendship with Brandon and emphasized that Brandon didn’t like women.
I retorted, “If he doesn’t like women, why does he have a fiancée?” Stella claimed he was forced into it by his family, that he had no choice. She insisted that was why she understood how much pain he was in, that she was the only one in the world who could truly understand him, and without her, Brandon might not survive.
I felt bad for Brandon’s fiancée, but seeing that Stella genuinely seemed to consider Brandon just a friend, I temporarily held back.However, after I found out about the best guy friend, Stella stopped being discreet. She started FaceTiming Brandon in front of me, chatting on the phone for hours, telling him about her day, and even texting him “goodnight” while lying next to me.They were as close as a couple, and I felt like the outsider.Still, to maintain the happiness of our little family, I endured it all.
