I met Jake when I was seventeen and at eighteen, I became his wife. The years that followed were enchanted, like a fairy tale romance. Then, in the blink of an eye, my perfect world unraveled-I lost a part of myself and my dreams shattered around me. At twenty-five, I was left a widow, pregnant, and mother of two. Fast forward almost five years-I exist but I don't "live." I had to learn to live without him, with only our memories and my tears. I raised our children, and I lived his dream, without a thought to myself. That is, until the day at the stoplight, when a pair of violet eyes stared...

"Dreams, love, lies, betrayal... Life isn't always perfect..." At eighteen, I met him; a handsome young man with amber colored eyes, and with one look, he claimed my heart. The world was at our feet, and we had our futures planned. But even the best-laid plans go awry when you're blessed with a most beautiful surprise. In a matter of minutes, our lives changed. The years that followed were filled with change and adventure. Our life wasn't perfect, but we were happy, or so I thought. As I was living my dream, our life was slowly unraveling. The moment I stepped off that plane, my worst...