Romans & histoires I Lied

Citra keluarga yang ia bangun dengan baik akan hancur seketika. “Belum lama ini, Yah.” Tiara memutuskan membohongi ayahnya, ia tidak mau ambil resiko mendapat amukan ayahnya. Mata pak Suryo menyipit menatap Tiara, mencari kejujuran di wajah anak semata wayangnya. Ia melihat ada kebohongan di sana, tapi ia tidak ingin meneruskan emosinya. “Bawa laki-laki itu kemari!” titah pak Suryo

"Aku tadi ketemu cewek ngeselin banget. Masa dia mau laporin aku ke dekan gara-gara nggak sengaja nabarak motor orang." "Ya lagian kamu ribet banget. Kamu kan punya banyak duit. Tinggal kasih duit buat ganti rugi apa susahnya sih?" "Tapi, kan aku nggak salah, Bin!" "Kamu itu sebenarnya tahu kalau kamu salah, kamu cuma nyari pembenaran sendiri." ***

ujar Pavel. “Aku bukan suka berbohong, Pavel! Aku baru melakukannya sekali ini dan itu pun karena terpaksa. Andai orang tuaku tidak terus memaksa, aku mungkin tidak akan berbohong begini,” terang Liana, kesal karena terus terusan dikatai suka berbohong. Padahal ini dilakukan karena dia sudah begitu merasa terdesak.

he asked, glancing at me. "Actually… that's not why I came here. I uh… I have a confession to make," I whispered, fiddling with my jacket zipper. "A confession?" "Yeah, I… Remember the backpacking trip I went on?" I prompted. He frowned, nodding his head. "You and Liam, yes I remember," he answered. I let out a deep breath, swallowing hard, the pressure in my chest increasing as I said the next two words. "I lied." He froze, brows furrowed, a look of confusion on his face.

"Explain to me how any of this makes sense." "I can't," I said. "Why not?" Aiden asked while walking closer. "You didn't seem to have a problem lying. Why is telling the truth so hard?" "Because it's complicated," I said. "No it's not complicated," Aiden said. "It's actually very simple. You lied about who you are, you lied about your family. You lied about your wealth. What else did you lie about Elliot? Or is that even your real name?" "It is my real name," I said. "I didn't lie about that."

I mumbled, scratching the back of my neck and avoiding their eyes. “You lied?” Lisa asked, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. “What? Of course not!” I said it a little too quickly. Crap. “Why would you think that?” “You paused,” she said flatly. I didn’t want to lie to them—not anymore. But the truth? It wasn’t something I could just toss into the air between sips of red wine and bites of fried chicken. “So that means I lied?” I asked, looking at Lisa. “Sorry,” she mumbled, eyes lowering.

he lied. I hid my smile.

I don’t know why I lied, but I just knew that telling him the truth would amount to something far worse. “I—I ummm,” I shut my eyes willing my brain to come to the rescue but my mouth did. “It was a plan.” He narrowed his eyes, obviously not buying the lie so I added. “It was a plan by my parents and me to do that, to make everyone believe that we are fated mates so that they’ll believe our union more.” Everything just flowed out of my mouth with my brain in shock. He was silent for a beat and my heart wouldn’t stop beating. I silently let a prayer that he should believe it. Believe me.

I could tell him. But once I did—there was no undoing it. No unknowing. No going back. - - - I took a deep breath and did the only thing I’m truly talented at these days. I lied. Again. “Okay, okay,” I said, exhaling dramatically and lowering my voice like I was about to confess to murder. “You’re right. It wasn’t some old friend.” Nick tilted his head, waiting. Eyes narrowed. Classic ‘I smell bullsht but I’ll let you speak’* face.