My Best Friend Spent Years Caring for My Sister with Down Syndrome – Then He Said a Few Words That Changed Everything I Thought I Knew

I watched her hands fly to her mouth.

I watched her nod so hard her curls bounced.

I cried into my pillow that night so nobody would hear me.

Thoughts ran through my head that made me hate myself:

Ben couldn’t find her more attractive than me…

Ben had to have an ulterior motive for marrying her.

Looking back, it hurts to realize how close to the truth I was.

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The next morning, I smiled and helped Rosie put together a wedding inspiration board on Pinterest.

“You’ll be my maid of honor,” she told me. “Promise me.”

Part of me kept thinking my parents would intervene.