Big Little Lies Novels & Stories

"Dad, I have a girlfriend and I want to marry her" He chuckled, "My son is in love? Who's that lucky girl?" "She is an ordinary girl who grew up without a family, I met her in a charity event a few months ago" Little lie won't hurt anyone, does it? "Then why don't you invite her to my wedding? I am really curious to know how she stole my son's heart" We both laughed, "Sure dad, good night" he nodded and I walked back to my room.

"In my defence, I was drunk. I do not know what came over me." Natasha shook her head like a disappointed mother. "Brendon was sick and worried about you, but you were apparently having a good time at your therapist's house." "We did not have sex, I swear." "Yeah, right. You comfortably lied to my face earlier. How am I supposed to believe anything you say?" "Fine," I said. "You do not have to. Can we just go back to the movie and forget about this?" Natasha slumped back on the couch and I let out a deep sigh, joining her in the movie. She was not pissed at me, only a bit disappointed.

“Even when they tried to take you away. Even after everything you learned about your mother. That’s how I know our love is real, babygirl.” Love. He always said it so beautifully. Like it was something pure instead of the twisted, suffocating thing he had created. I tried to pull away, but he held me closer, pressing soft kisses to my forehead, my eyelids, my trembling lips. “You’re safe now,” he murmured. “I protected you from them. From their lies. Reynolds and that lawyer — they were trying to confuse you. To make you doubt us.” Gaslighting. The word floated through my mind like a warning. He was already rewriting what just happened.