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The Truth About Lying
"I don't know yet. But I'm done lying. I just walked out. Just like that. I’m done helping other people lie. I need to find another way."
"Good," she said. "Because the world is drowning in bullshit, and I'm tired of watching my brother add to the flood."
"I know. I'm sorry about Thanksgiving. I'm sorry about...”
"We'll talk about that later," she interrupted. "Right now, I need to know: are you serious about this? Or is this just another performance?"
He looked at his reflection in the coffee shop window. At the man who'd just walked away from everything he'd built.
"I'm serious."
"Then come to dinner. Tomorrow night. My place." She hung up before he could respond.
He sat on the bench for another hour, watching the city move around him. Everyone rushing somewhere, saying things they didn't mean, making promises they wouldn't keep.
“I'm fine.” “I'll be there in five minutes.” “We should do this again sometime.”
The lies that kept the world spinning.
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