The Last Lie Told Novels & Stories

At first she didn’t look like she believed me, but on hearing the last words I spoke, she immediately let go of my arm and took a step back. Hiding my relief behind a glare I directed at her, I gave my last warning. “If you try this again”, I told her. “I will make sure you live to regret it”, I said and allowed a slow smirk appear on my face as I delivered my last line. “Or not”. Seeing the look of fear flash across her face was all I needed to see to know that my lie had been convincing enough that she had believed it. With my work done, I turned around and walked away, keeping my breathing until I had made it outside and far enough that I knew I was out of hearing range before I collapsed

“No more lies. We tell the truth.” And for the first time in years, I wasn’t afraid. Love doesn’t erase crime, and we were finally ready to tell the truth. THE END!!!

he lied. The other council members were looking at him also. One of their expressions, Katherine, said she did not believe a word he was saying. The other expressions remained blank. " That's a lie , your son was rude and acted smug towards us. From the minute he turned up to help us with the dark witches ", Derek snapped. " Derek ", his father said. He looked at him as if to say, calm down son. " I'm sorry about that , but my son was most upset when he got back here , they all were for how your son spoke to them and acted towards them , like I said we were led to believe what we had been doing was wrong , and that was what you had come here to discuss " Derek's father explained.

The fire consumed me mercilessly, my eyes burning and stinging as I rolled on the ground, screaming in agony. But the firefighters were able to pull me out of the fire. And just before I lost consciousness, I made one final request. “If Jack asks about me... tell him I’m dead.”

I will burn the world to the ground if that's what it takes, lying is nothing big. One day. Just one last day for me to have with Drew. One . Last . Time.

“Like it’s… aware.” “It’s always been aware,” Emma answered softly. “We just weren’t ready to hear it.” Lira’s voice was low, almost reverent. “Then this isn’t the end.” Emma stood, slipping the pulse device into her hand. She looked out at the horizon, where the first rays of sunlight pushed the night back one shadow at a time. “No. It’s the beginning. The Last Signal wasn’t an ending—it was a warning. A threshold. From here, what we build will decide whether this becomes our greatest ally… or our final mistake.”

I cut him off, pointing out, "You may not know, but you touch your earlobe when you lie." His hand hung in mid-air, then dropped as he tried to pull me close. "It's not what you think. I can explain." I pulled up the video and shoved it to his face. "This is why you bailed on me seven times, right?" I looked him in the eye. He held me, flustered. "I had my reasons." I waited for him to continue, curious about the reasons that had pushed him to marry Vivian behind my back and lie for three years.

I began carefully forcing my voice to stop shaking, "I know you're probably mad about what happened earlier but I guess you've taken your anger out already.” His eyes darkened, “At least now you have a chance to clear your name,” I continued, “I don't, and that's okay. Perfectly fine by me." Was it? I swallowed. “That's the consequences of my lie anyway,” I said but he said nothing. He walked behind his desk, opened a drawer and brought out a pack of cigarette. The sound of foil tearing echoed loudly in the quiet room and he lit one slowly. Smoke curled around him, blurring his features. “I have to go,” I said finally.

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?