The Ugly Truth Novels & Stories

She had already forgotten how she looked at that moment. "You're so ugly!" Ruth said coldly. "What?" asked Lily. She had never expected that Ruth would still dare to speak at that moment. Should she not be wetting her pants in fear? How dare Lily still speak and say that she is ugly? Lily had never been ugly in her life. Even though her uterus had been removed at that moment, she still was not an ugly woman.

, I begged her. She let out a big sigh. "Alright. Now, listen carefully. The truth I'm going to reveal won't be easy at all for you to believe. So, promise me, no matter what I say you'd believe me as I believe you, ok?", She asked. "I promise.”, I replied. "Alright, so listen to me. All the things you said are correct. They aren't normal but if you knew till now it is impossible for a clever student like you to not know the correct answer, right? Of course, you know that you're a vampire.

"Who said you're ugly? My lovely Cindy is the prettiest woman in the world!" I trembled as I cried under the blankets, and Kevin continued to hold me. He cradled me gently, feeling as if we were back in the boat harvesting water lilies. The sky was clear, the water calm, and the water lilies in full bloom—those were the best days. That feeling of happiness now felt as if it was just yesterday. It was only after losing my health that I realized how precious life was. Craig must have heard the commotion inside the room, yet he did not disturb us. He only sneaked in to leave a package.

Her throat dries to sandpaper, heart hammering against her ribs like it's trying to escape before he notices its familiar rhythm. Lucas lifts his champagne glass, the amber liquid catching light like liquid gold. "To truth," he declares. "Even when it's ugly. Especially when it's ugly." A ripple of polite laughter spreads through the room, shallow and sharp like broken glass. But his eyes don't laugh. His eyes scan. And land. Right on her. Even behind the mask, even through the years and changes, he knows. Time pauses, crystallizing around them like amber. Then he smiles. Cruel. Cold. Stunning in its perfect hostility.

I added, "He's been feeling guilty over accepting your bribe, so he chose to tell the truth. He's already been removed from his position." Valerie suddenly smiled eerily. "It's all he deserves for being so easily swayed by money. It was almost as if he'd never seen it before! He could barely take his eyes off it when I took it from my pocket."

And when she finally spoke, her steadiness was a bit discomforting. “Jane… sometimes the truth doesn’t break us. It only shows that we’ve been living broken all along, and it gives us the opportunity to shape ourselves into something whole.” I wanted to believe her. I wanted to believe that uncovering the truth about my mother, about HAB, about Nathan, about Julia, about all of it, would give me wholeness instead of dragging me down to my knees. But the fear inside me whispered otherwise. Back to the Present I opened my eyes at my desk and drew in a deep breath.

The truth, as ugly and painful as it was, left him reeling. Sienna’s grip on his hand tightened, her voice barely above a whisper. “Damien…” His mother’s eyes were filled with tears now, and her voice broke as she spoke again. “I never wanted you to know this. I thought I could protect you from it. But now, I see that I can’t. The truth is ugly, but it’s the only thing that matters now.” Damien’s heart shattered, but he couldn’t turn away from it. This was the truth he had been searching for, the one that would change everything. It was painful, yes, but it was also freeing in a way. Now, there was no turning back.

“I don’t know how Kill did it. How he endured you. Touching you, seeing you. It must’ve been torture. Covered in scars, all bones — you’re a sore sight for any man’s eyes.” Tears slipped down my cheeks, but the sting of the insects felt distant , like pain remembered, not lived. The ache in my chest was louder. Deeper. Was I really that ugly? That disgusting? Bitch. Ugly. Disgusting. No man will ever love you. You’ll never find happiness. You should’ve died with your mother. Die, die, die, you whore. And just like that, darkness took me. And I didn’t fight it this time.

"Explain it to me so I can understand, then." I don't know how I got the words out, but I managed it somehow. Through the tears, which grew stronger, and because of his quiet strength and patience as he held me and stroked my hair. I finally told another person my horrific truth. "Because the video of me was so very ugly. The images were ugly. I was ugly in it! And if I have something beautiful to replace the ugliness with, I can let go of my experience a little more each time I create something new."

"I think she's right." We all looked down in shame, never anticipated that our Bailey could knock all our heads to realize what's the right thing to do. She never even spat out a single dirty word from her mouth. Hilary was blinded by the challenge, allowing herself to be insulted by Khloe. While Tiana was bounded by our friendship so she was just agreeing to everything just to say that she was always with us. Me? I was the worst among them. All of these mistakes were driven by my painful past. And it was now destroying what's ahead of me. How could I do something this awful?