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The Truth About Lying
He opened his laptop.
His hands shook as he attached the document. Subject: The First Truth
He addressed it to the journalists he had once manipulated, the watchdogs he had once dismissed, the lawyers who would come for him, and Claire.
Then he paused.
Not because he was reconsidering.
Because for once, he wanted to feel the cost before he passed it on to anyone else.
He looked at his sister.
“I’m sorry,” he said.
“I know.”
Then he pressed send.
For a few seconds, nothing happened. No music.
No thunder.
No divine interruption.
Just a sent message on a screen.
Then Henry’s phone began to ring.
First one call.
Then three.
Then ten.
Jinji looked at the screen and smiled without pleasure. “There,” she said.
Henry stared at the ringing phone.
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