Honest

Mar 6th, 2017 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

She rarely lied. Sure, there was the occasional well-intended compliment to spare someone’s feelings. She might make a prevarication of convenience when the full story would take too long to explain. She didn’t consider these lies.

And it certainly wasn’t dishonest to keep her genuine opinions hidden when the truth could serve no purpose but to engender an argument. Even when she was honest, he would challenge her and pick apart every little detail, hoping to catch her in a falsehood. So what difference did it make if not everything was one hundred percent the truth?

But she rarely lied.

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