First Lie Wins

by Ashley Elston

Even though I expect his lies, does he expect mine?

blunt honesty has more value than blind worship,

There are things you may need, but saving isn’t one of them.”

I give myself five minutes to mourn the possibility of us. Five minutes to grieve what could have been. Five minutes to destroy the idea that it was possible that I was the kind of girl who could live in a perfect house with a perfect guy on a perfect street.