HAZEL."Nicholas," I called out his name, finally urging him to continue our much-needed conversation. I walked into the room and closed the door behind me. He took off his jacket before turning to me."I'm sorry I lied to you," I couldn't quantify the extent of regret I felt the entire day. When Nicholas looked at me, I had hoped to God that he saw that I was genuine, and thankfully he did because something melted his heart in that moment. "Everyone lies," His voice was low and his jaw, tight."For some reason, everyone always lies to me, it's been that way since I was a kid. First, it was my Dad saying that my Mum was the only one that he ever loved then it was my mother telling me that she was fine with whatever he was doing—that she was okay when I had to watch her break herself from inside out," Nicholas said and I started to notice the water in his eyes."And then I grew up and still, the lies didn't stop. I became powerful and out of fear, people still lied to me. That was why
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