A Truth and a Lie by V. Sousa

When you’re young, you dream of falling in love with the perfect boy.
Marry him, have kids, and live happily ever after.
Someone to sweep you off your feet and show you the world. That had been my dream ever since I could remember.
I was seven years old when I first met Emmett Rossi.
He had just moved into the house across the street, and he came over while my brother and I were playing.
He offered us a piece of watermelon sour patch kids, my favorite, and I think I fell in love with him right there.
But if I knew then what I know now, I would’ve told him to take the candy and shove it.