Trapped In Lies
“Then, I read this. That man lost almost everything. The world around him fell apart, and he just kept going. So, I thought, if he could keep living after all that, what excuse did I have to give up?”
She shifted slightly in her wheelchair and nodded toward the empty space beside her.
“Want to sit for a minute?”
So, I sat down.
Sunlight streamed through the window and warmed the blanket that draped across her knees.
“What about you?” she asked. “What happened?”
I sat there in silence for a long time.
It was long enough that she probably thought I was not going to answer.
“I was lied to for five years,” I said. “I lost my career, my relationship, and my family. My dad died because of me.”