The 48th Lie

the microphone, to show them the proof of Sera's lies that

m like a vise of cold steel. "Don't you dare," he hissed, his voice a low, menacing growl that

"I can't take it! I can't be here!" She broke away from the crowd of sympathizers and ran from the building, her crimso

y I stumbled backward. He sprinted after her, a

e path of an oncoming city bus just as its horn blared. He held her

it all for

cell phones held aloft by curious onlookers illuminated the scene. They captured the perfect t

in front of the flashing cameras and the watching world, he leaned down and pressed a long, tender, and deeply protective

ero. She was

pped of all context, was already going viral before I even made it to the curb to hail a cab. I had been tri