Me too, too

There were exactly two times on the trip with the guy who assaulted me that I tried to talk to him about what happened. Both times, I got a clear message "He can't handle knowing the truth." So, I tried to protect him. That was the start of the lies. The first time I tried to confront him on what happened was the very next day after it happened. We had two long car rides that day-one early that morning to Indiana and one to Chicago late that evening. I tried my best to enjoy our time in Shipshewana (a place he had requested to go to by name). Then, on our way to Chicago, I finally gained the courage to tell him what I was experiencing. I started the conversation "So, I really need to talk about what happened last night." Immediately, he began crying and talking about how he was in love with a guy he had a secret affair with and that guy left him. He told the whole story of how they met, how they kept it a secret, and how the guy had left him to be with the w...

A little over six months before the big trip, I met him on Compatible Partners-the LGBT arm of eHarmony.  We hit it off very quickly and were soon texting daily and we began FaceTiming. Six months went by where we would FaceTime daily and text throughout the day. I spent virtual dinners with him, I spent time with him at the office when it was just him there, went with him on his visits, and we spent nearly every waking hour either texting on and off while working or on FaceTime when work was over or he was out on a visit. But, because of how far away he lived, we hadn't met in person. We began planning a trip for June. June came and I went to pick him up at the airport. I met him with Dr. Pepper and Peanut Butter M&M's-his two favorite things to have while on a car ride. Things were going well, we had a lot of places he wanted to visit, and, we were connecting even more over coffee, a beach trip, and planning what we would see. That all changed when we decided to sp...