Web of Lies and Truth

day and night was deeply connected to m

been entangled with Chris for so many year

been to fall in love w

as I accompanied Bay

d, "Why do you look like that

eks vigorously, "Doe

driving me home, but I asked her to acc

t seen in over a decade, saying Baylee still look

hich was why she remem

mory, amazed my mom still re

nt inside to call my cousin, Jackson Ellis. Once I confirmed he wo

only child of

ncle's business being larger than ours, my cousin didn't like commerce but became a lawyer inste

party at home to ce

dea, an attempt t

he dared not show it. Wasn't he the one eager for me to get pregnant? He even insisted I

ings from classmates, colleagues, superiors, a

, Chris awkwardly approached me, "Na

aky grinding of his teeth.

vance, would there s

e bedroom, I threw back at him, "From now on, you'll sleep

addie, she was following closely, almost bumped into

y hear Maddie's apologies and excuses, along

it out. I would jus

declared, Chris seemed

ared a lot abou

ly hurt his pride, so I often reflected on whether I was being too ostentatious,

feel more inferior, so I paid attention to eve

started i

freshman year, and we start

nd thoughts before falling deeply in love wi

o share my countless woes with my family-not because

m up, and unsurprisingly, I saw Tonya intimately holding

t getting anything too good or flashy, just something decent. Because of this, my dad thought

's praise was

a million-dollar reward because I was the one

was what ka

and immediately sensed something was off.

" I re

and you're already assign

the trouble," I explained, telling him about the car and the woman. As

llo

rtner, and we leisurely went for a

ut she didn't know I did it for her to