Light Behind the Lies

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>He said he'd always be there for her even if he wasn't always around..</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mason</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My mother left me and my dad when I was three. I spent my childhood believing that women could not be trusted and that I needed to proceed with caution. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Until high school that is. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Suddenly as a teenager girls were throwing themselves at me. Call it puberty or clear disinterest in them that left most pining for me. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>By the time I got to college I had reveled in it.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I had no feelings no emotions with them I'd give them a quick ride then send them on their way. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Except one. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My best friend's sister.  </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Bailey</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One might say that I was the perfect daughter and sister. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I did everything right until I didn't. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I never expected to fall for a guy like my ex-boyfriend and the ramifications of that relationship's demise would change my life forever. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>That's one of the reasons why I became a flight attendant. I craved to have my freedom back. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It wasn't until I finally felt like everything was under control and that I had things figured out that my life would truly be turned on its side. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And the only one I have to blame is my brother's best friend.</span></p>