My writers' group always makes me laugh, gasp, smile and create.
Set your timers. Five minutes. Go!
My best friend looked me right in the eye and lied to me...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My best friend looked me right in the eye and lied to me...
"There is nothing going on between us, Grace! I swear."
It was as if Nicole was transparent, translucent, just an outline with strange green eyes. What once stood as a rock, now melted away as sand with a wave.
Lies were nothing new, but this was. The emerald stare never wavered, but truth and friendship went fuzzy, pieces drifting up to the night sky like ashes from a fire.
"I saw you," Grace hissed as she turned her back forever.
- Maggie van Galen
Award-Winning Author of The Adventures of Keeno & Ernest Children's Book Series
Visit Maggie's online store at KeenoandErnest or learn more about her adventures on
Maggie's Website or on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest
Contact Maggie at maggie (at) keenoandernest (dot) com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My best friend looked me right in the eye and lied to me...
I could tell she
was lying because the left side of her mouth twitched. She always does that
twitching when she is telling an untruth.
”Not True!” I said, feeling
argumentative. "You can not expect me to believe you when you are twitching. You
wouldn’t have done that horrid thing—too nasty for a really good friend to do! I
trusted you with all my heart and now I feel let down. Don’t tell me again, it
hurts my ears.”
“It is true—I
did lie—I had to or all the blame would have fallen on me and I didn’t do
it!”
“I know you
didn’t do it, I did!”
-
www.donnaseim.com
Donna Seim
Juvenile fiction author, Top Honors, Literary Classics Book Awards
CHARLEY-First Prize for Regional Literature
New England Book Festival
The Eloquent Quill Award
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“No,” Incahot’l said. “No one from the tribe took Paolo’s cutting stone.”
Now I began to wonder. Who was my best friend? Paolo, since three years now? Or my newest friend, Incahot’l? Almost a brother—and brother in law!--to me. Family, certainly, as I have none in these new lands.
“Paolo does not lose things,” I finally said, “especially his cutting blade.”
“I’ll help search!” Incahot’l attempted to look helpful, but his good nature was not adept at hiding deceit.
“Never mind,” I sighed.
-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My best friend looked me right in the eye and lied to me...
"I didn't screw your husband. I swear."
Suze was all boobs and tats. I helped her design the tramp stamp on the small of her back...a triad knot with three crowns. We were all Swedes. A trio. My twin and Suze.
I shifted my stare away. If looks could kill, I wanted her death to be a slow one.
"I have proof. His texts. GPS locator. I called his work. His secretary tried to cover for you saying she hadn't seen you, but the orange slicker gave you away."
"Jesus, Kate. You know I'd never hurt you."
All the times as kids. The three of us. Suze was always there to help break up the fights between Kat and me.
Kat and Kate. And Suze.
In the distance, Kat walked away, holding an orange slicker.
-
Me
