Blood Ties And Silk Chains
Ines leaned against the doorframe, a file folder tucked under one arm, the faintest smirk playing at her lips.
“Half-truths are safer than full ones,” Liora said.
Ines stepped inside, closing the door behind her. “They’re safer until they rot.”
“Meaning?”
“Lies are like tumors,” Ines said. “They grow. They eat through everything until there’s nothing left but the thing you were trying to hide.”
“Then what? I’m supposed to hand him everything? Put it all in his lap and hope he doesn’t crush it?”
“I didn’t say that,” Ines replied. She came closer, her heels silent on the carpet. “I said you have a choice. You can cut it out now, while you still control the knife… Or you wait and let it spread
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