Starting With A Lie Novels & Stories

Why would she lie just to get attention? “Many people do. Most relationships start with some lies as the foundation, and if the lies stay hidden for too long, the cracks get bigger until it falls. Most lies get told when they know they can trust each other.” He leans forward, and his lips press against mine. “Enough of that. You told your dad you have a few weeks off. So, what is your plan, stay here for a week, go back or what?” “I’m staying here until I go back to work. If I don’t, I will only go home and sat at home been lazy.” I laugh, and he nods.

My fingers hover for a moment, unsure. Then I type: Caroline: Sorry for the silence. Things have been hectic lately. Just wanted to let you know we’re okay. I’ve been meaning to reach out. Hope you’re well. It’s a lie. But it’s a beginning. And sometimes, beginnings start with small lies when the truth feels too big to carry. I hit send before I can talk myself out of it. And for the first time in days, I feel like maybe… just maybe… something might shift again.

They’re bright, sharp, wet at the edges. “Don’t do the thing where you start with feelings,” she says. “Start with facts.” My stomach twists. “I didn’t—” I begin, and I hate myself immediately because I can feel the lie trying to form. Leah watches my face like she’s reading a monitor. “I didn’t plan it,” I say instead. “Nothing happened at first.” Leah flinches, and I realize the sentence I meant as a defense has landed like a confession. Nothing happened at first. So something happened later. I keep going because stopping would be worse.

But under it, somewhere deeper, there was a dangerous warmth … the thrill of the forbidden feeling that had just beginning to take shape and that was the night I realized my first lie wasn’t just a slip of the tongue. It was the beginning of a story I didn’t know how to stop telling. {My Affairs with a married man and me, a married woman}

I loved the wrong man, he was my first and someone quoted it right ‘First is always a lie’ “Lana, baby, look at me…” “And you lied about my parents,” His neck locked, “No! I didn’t lie about anything, little one, what is wrong with you,” His caught red-handed guilt replied this time, the look on his face was clearly exposing him, he wasn’t that good hiding himself,

A lie. A lie that was getting more and more out of his control.

He said They nodded their heads and decided to play. “Who is going to start first? Anita asked. “Of course the newly wed”. Lisa said. Kent cleared his throat and decided to start first. He thought of what to say before finally saying, "I have traveled to thirty countries , I have a pet dog, and I can fly a plane." The group laughed and Lisa immediately guessed the lie. She stared at them and laughed, you can’t fly a plane, that’s the lie.

For the first time, the lie came easily. “Nothing.”

“So I misunderstood that this guy is your friend. And I misunderstood that you guys are engaged and want to get married. And I'm sure I got it wrong, too, that you were just lying to me the whole time.” She held up her hands in a soothing manner. "I didn't lie to you..." "No, you didn't," he interrupted, his tone now caustic. 'You just kept a few things secret, that's something else entirely, of course. A little secret here, a little swindle there—none of that bad.” “Let me at least explain how it happened,” she pleaded desperately. "Well, I'm really looking forward to it. What are you going to tell me this time?" He smiled cynically: "You can skip that, you don't seriously expect that I'll

~ Avelyn ~ The words tasted like dust in my mouth. The air down here was too still, too close. Each breath felt borrowed. Ariana watched me with wide, tear-bright eyes, waiting, the same way she always had when we were younger and she’d beg me to tell her what was really wrong. “I guess I start with the lie,” I said quietly. My fingers twisted together, cold against cold. “Because everything that happened… started with that.” Ariana didn’t speak. Just listened.