Only Pretend Author:Nora Flite If you hated your life -- wanted to prove to the world that you could change -- how would you do it? I had a plan. I also had no family, no friends, and definitely no jerk of an ex-boyfriend who thought I was boring.I was tired of being me.In Vegas, I could be anything. And then I saw him.His hungry smile wanted a taste of the new me.O... more »nly a boring person would have said no.It was reckless to follow a stranger to his bed. Dangerous to take the drink he handed me. I thought the worst regret I'd have would be a hangover, a walk of shame through the hotel.Except I didn't wake up in the hotel.Or in Vegas. I doubt my face will end up in the news. "Woman missing," the headline would say. "A stupid person who thought she could be someone else."I'm not someone else. I was only playing pretend.Too bad he was playing for keeps.« less