Lies He Told Novels & Stories

" He gave his chin gentle strokes. "But why?" I couldn't fathom why anyone would choose to be deliberately so wicked. "No one knows. But we could." He snaked an arm around my shoulder, "why was the liar gas created?" "So people wouldn't be able to lie?" I answered sincerely. He just gave a little laugh and leaned forward to kiss me, "what do you say to being superheroes again?" He asked after pulling away. "I say, I do." I smiled against his neck.

Tyler asked, "Lia, did you tell him that Mommy was sick the other day?" Liora was taken aback. "I..." "Don't lie," Tyler said sternly. Liora hung her head. "Please don't tell Mommy. It was me." Tyler let out a sigh. "I understand why you did it, but you saw what he did today." "I know." Liora was being perfunctory, but she believed that he did it for a reason.

I asked. Leah let out a short smile, her voice small but clear. “He lied. About everything. I think… I think you might be right. About him. About all of it.”

His voice remains calm. Controlled. That somehow makes it worse. I stare out the glass windows of my office. The city stretches endlessly below. Busy. Loud. Alive. Meanwhile my heart suddenly feels too loud inside my chest. “You left,” I say quietly. Another pause. Then— “I did.” No excuses. No lies. No attempt to deny it. And somehow that annoys me even more. “You don’t get points for honesty now.” “I know that too.” God. Why does he sound like this?

"W-We were worried you would be nervous on your first night home! We were just joking to help you relax." Gillian and Keith nodded repeatedly. "Yes! That's right! The joke was poorly timed. We'll be more careful in the future!" I smiled, switched the stun gun back on, and shocked all three of them again. "Still lying, huh? I already know who the real heiress is." Orson forced a strained smile. "What are you talking about? The heiress is obviously you." "The DNA test proved it. There's no doubt about that." "Hurry up and untie us. Stop messing around, alright?"

“He's alright. Thank you for taking such good care of him. Really, I don't know how to thank you enough for what you do for me, Lia.” “Are you okay, Elaine?” she asked instead. “You sound . . . different. Is something wrong?” For a second, I wanted to break down and tell her everything that happened last night, cry on her shoulder like she reminded me I could do almost every day. But in the end, I settled for lying through my teeth. “I'm good, I promise. Listen, I’ve got to go. Gotta get ready for work. I'm already late.” “Alright, hon. Take care of yourself.”

I snapped, “I don’t need you or anyone else to tell me that I’m weak,” “What the hell are you talking about?” Leah asked “You know what I’m talking about, about the joke that was played.” I waved my arm around, “Or all the rest that that horrible man Liam said,” “Wait, what did Liam say?” Leah asked. She had a look on her face that said she wasn’t happy.

All of which were true, even if the truth itself was a lie. When Noah graduated college, I cried harder than I had in years. He got a job in New York big lights, big stage, big world. I packed his bags and kissed his forehead. “Call me every Sunday,” I said, fighting tears. He hugged me so tightly that I almost broke and told him everything. But I didn’t. Months passed. Then one Sunday, his voice sounded different. “Mom… I met someone. Well, not like that. A man. Older. He hired me. We talk a lot.”

Finding her was crucial to understanding what happened to Serena. At this point, being rational was a struggle. I hated Lia even more for lying to me. She said she saw Serena die with her own eyes, but she clearly blabbered a made-up story. “She lied to me, Jared. I want to know why.” “Is that all?” I met Jared’s gaze, not wanting to lie to him. My beta didn’t need me to say the words out loud. Lia lied to me, and she needed to pay for what she put Serena and me through.

Slejj leaned back in his chair and burst out laughing, as if Alicia had said a terrible joke and he was teasing her. It lasted about as long as uncomfortable laughs could last. He went on to say, "You call me a liar all the time, but do you really know what I did, or were you just told?"