It was almost five o'clock on a lovely autumn morning.

The sun was just coming up, and the birds were chirping. Bella and her cousin Troi, who was also her best friend and maid of honor, sat on the balcony of Bella's hotel suite, enjoying a cup of green tea. The crisp fall air had them wrapped in blankets while Bella's Vera Wang wedding gown hung in the closet with all the fixings to match.

The ladies talked, laughed, and became emotional

as they reminisced about everything that had taken place over the past four years between Bella and her man. Jealousy, lies, infidelity, pregnancies, and just plain old drama almost tore them apart, but the spiritual connection, love, honor, and respect they shared kept them together, kept them strong.