I Said Yes by Emily Maynard Johnson

Author:Emily Maynard Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2016-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Being on The Bachelor is not your everyday, garden-variety experience. Cameramen are everywhere, and producers looking for entertaining and air-worthy sound bites are wandering around asking you questions about how you feel about your experience, Brad, and the other girls. And even though after a while you start to forget that you’re being constantly watched and filmed, sooner or later your emotions start to run wild.

It doesn’t take long to get caught up in the drama, the suspicions that the other girls in the house are out to get you, or your man, which of course is partially true. And because being part of the show means giving up access to a phone, a computer, the Internet—basically contact with the outside world—you don’t have the support of others outside of your housemates to find strength, a sounding board, or simply a sanity check. Even if you are not a competitive person, like me, this instinctual aggressive nature erupts, at least internally, and you start to get a bit miffed that other women are competing for the man of your dreams. I know, you think you’d understand this obvious fact going in, right? But in the beginning, you’re so blinded by what could be a potential fairy tale that reality doesn’t quite sink in. When it does, you just want to be the one who’s picked. You want to be the last girl standing. Yeah, that happened to me. I can’t say exactly when, but it did.

When it was time to leave the mansion and head to Las Vegas for a six-week journey around the world, I was itching for a change of scenery, for a breather from the fast-and-furious emotions of being in the house. And, of course, I was happy to clutch yet another rose that gave me the continued chance to get to know Brad. The rules of the game remained unchanged. We were contractually bound to keep our mouths shut as unauthorized spoilers could damage the show. Unfortunately, somehow information would get discovered and leaked. Can’t control everything, I guess. So with the ground rules reinforced and bags packed, fourteen of us said good-bye to Los Angeles and hello to Sin City.

I had been to Las Vegas once before and was familiar with the lights, the glamour, and the nonstop party climate, but I’d never before noticed the mountains. Our Sky Villa in the Aria Resort bragged some pretty impressive mountainous scenery, transporting me far away from this crazy road trip for love. Ever since Ricky’s accident, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with mountains. While a part of me despises them, their looming peaks reminding me of his tragic death, I’m likewise fascinated by them. Maybe it’s because I grew up in the great outdoors of West Virginia and seeing them brings me back to the simplicity of childhood. A carefree life, wind on my face, breathing in fresh air.

That first morning in Vegas I woke up to the view of the mountains in a bedroom I shared with Michelle M.

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