A Truth and a Lie by V. Sousa

Author:V. Sousa [Sousa, V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

I must’ve fallen asleep on the ride back because I woke up in Emmett’s arms, being carried into the house.

“Careful, big guy,” I responded in a sleepy voice. “You’re going to catch a cough carrying this smoke show.”

He let out a light chuckle. “You still got those lame-ass jokes, huh?”

“Oh, shut it. You loved my lame-ass jokes.”

We got to my room, and he laid me down on the bed. “You’re right. Good night, Rosie.”

“Wait,” I rushed out. “Happy birthday, Emmett.” I grabbed his face, pulled him down toward me, and kissed him on the cheek.

We both froze when my lips met his face.

I quickly pulled away and punched his arm, trying to turn our interaction into something more friendly. I didn’t know where that came from. I wasn’t even thinking—it was so instinctual. I blame it on me still being half-asleep.

His eyebrows jumped in surprise. “You remembered?”

“Of course, I did. I thought that’s why we were going to dinner at your father’s, but when there was no cake, I got very confused.”

“I doubt my father even knows how old I am, let alone when my birthday is.”

“Well, it’s okay. He’s a douche. I actually have something for you.” I got up and not so gracefully walked into my closet. When I found the photo album, I pulled it out and handed it to him. “It’s kinda corny, but I got it for you for your eighteenth birthday, and I totally forgot about it until I was packing up my stuff for the move and found it hidden in the depths of my closet.”

He opened it up and started looking inside.

“It has pictures of all of us inside, even Tommy and Claire, but it’s mostly you, Sammy, and me from when we were younger up until I was sixteen. I recently added a few more of you and Sammy from before he died. Anyway, I hope you like it.”

It had made me sad when I found a picture of Emmett, Sammy, and me from a couple of days before Sammy died. They both had an arm around me, and we were all smiling from ear to ear at the camera. The girl I was back then was almost unrecognizable.

In that picture, I didn’t have a care in the world. If you had told me back then that the following week I would lose everything important to me, I would’ve laughed in your face and punched you for good measure.

“Thank you.” He walked out of the room with the album in his hands, and I didn’t see him for the rest of the night or the next day.

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