Sugar Coated Secrets

<p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>SOME SECRETS ARE ROTTEN INSIDE.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>ESPECIALLY IF THEY MUST BE KEPT.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>DULCE</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Throughout high school I was invisible silently hoping Ford Keller the quintessential bad boy everyone adored would notice me. When he asked me out last minute to prom I thought my prayers had been answered. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It turned out to be a cruel joke one that nearly broke me completely.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I smile.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I pretend everything is fine running my grandmother's bakery.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I act like I don't remember him from school but I remember most of the things they did that fateful night. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In a town with every reason to lie there is no one I can trust.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Not him.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Not them.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I need to get the hell out of this town but I can't not yet. </span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To survive I have no choice but to play their game.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>IF HE'LL LET ME GO.</em></p><p><br></p>