The Lies She Built

ouse. The house I worked overtime for,

ting. Ethan's shoes were by the door.

ted, from the bedroom. She must have come ba

th about the money, Li

ld. I crept clo

racter. You saved my life back then; this is the least I can d

ltiple jobs, saving for college, dead on a de

a bitter tast

I went to the morgue.

s kind. He led m

still. So pale. My

st looking at him, talking t

eturned. Or rather, she

department store basics she kept for "around the house." But the

but it was a pra

fake sympathy. "I got the first flight back. I'm

o hug me. I

nd then this... I'll make more time

ke he was still here, wai

ooked at her. The polishe

tra

, the image of Kate at that party burned

ressed down on me, heavier th

afford" a safer car for him, becaus

etending to struggle, all while bankrolli

urn through the numbne