Hello Everyone, @kingst here with the announcement for the STACH Short Story Contest #27.
What is a Short Story.
A short story is a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel. It makes use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components to a far greater degree than is typical of an anecdote. You can read it in less than 90 seconds.
Contest Rules:
•Write a Short Story based on the topic that will be given every week.
•Write an Original Short Story (Plagiarism will be flagged and reported).
•The Story must contain no more than 199 words.
•One entry per user.
•Story should be pasted in the comment section below, no links.
•Contestants are permitted to post their stories in an article on their blog, so they also get upvotes from the @stach trail.
Winners Selection.
Winners will be selected based on the topic, story plot, number of words and delivery as determined by the selected Judge. One word above 199, disqualifies the entry.
Contest Topic.
Write a 199 words story based on IF YOU MUST LIE, BE BRIEF.
Prize.
FIVE winners will be selected for a share of the 15SBD. The story with the most interaction gets a 1SBD prize from @ejemai.
First Prize: ----------------------4SBD
Second Prize: ------------------3.5SBD
Third Prize: ---------------------3SBD
Fourth Prize: -------------------2.5SBD
Fifth Prize: ----------------------2SBD
Good luck guys!
Sharpen your writing skills and throw in some inspiring short stories. XO!
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Paul for two weeks, he was late from work and always had an excuse to disappear over the weekend. His wife Karen was worried about Paul's strange way of behaving.
One afternoon Karen told her best friend that she suspected that her husband was cheating on her with another woman, who a couple of days ago had discovered that her husband was lying to her, when he told her that she would work late.
Paul and Karen would celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary in a few days, so Karen was willing to fight for their marriage. Without that, Karen knew, for weeks Paul was preparing a surprise party for his anniversary in which, he would bring all the guests and family members who witnessed their wedding, and the priest who married them. His idea was to create the day of their marriage and renew their married vows.
When the anniversary date came, Karen was surprised when Paul knelt at his feet and asked her to renew their wedding vows, and Paul confessed that the lies he said were to surprise her.
Perfection is a flaw compared to the integrity and commendable lifestyle Raymond had. Raymond is excellent perfection in every sense of the word. In the compound where we lived Raymond was the envy and wish of every parent. If it was possible to carry 0 instead of 1st as position Raymond would have had it cause he was extremely brilliant. My parents wouldn't fail to sell me off, add money and buy Raymond if possible.
Thief O! was the cry that woke up the neighborhood at about 5a.m. People have been complaining of missing yams but nobody knew who the thief was. The day was still dark so we couldn't see the face of the thief. Before we knew it lights started shinning left and right from lamps and torches. Ewo! Mogbe! came the words from neighbors. Raymond so na you be the thief and a woman fainted. So na you dey thief our yam. You wey we dey see as angel for we compound. So you be thief. "I wanted to borrow the yam" he said i was gonna come show you. Ask who the people wonder!
Sweet Lies
When my daughter Sofia was 4 years old she went everywhere with her doll Boo, who was the protagonist of her favorite movie Monsters Inc. Whenever she came home from school she saw the film on video and never seemed to get tired of watching it repeatedly. My daughter and her doll were inseparable and she did not fall asleep without cuddling Boo, the doll was like the sister she did not have, in fact, she always said the doll was her sister, not her daughter as most little girls do.
To celebrate her fifth birthday we organized a nice party with balloons, and the decoration was hallucinatory to the film, we invited family and friends to share that special moment. Her mother made her a chocolate cake decorated with sweets, her favorite, when the cake was ready, her mother kept it in the fridge.
The party was very fun and when I took the cake out of the fridge to sing happy birthday, my wife noticed that it was missing a small piece and some goodies, so she asked Sofia if she had eaten the cake, to which she he replied "no, mom, it was Boo".
Mandatory Military Service
When I met Eduardo in college I knew that he liked to go to parties and go out with his friends on weekends, but as he was very handsome and was a gentleman we started dating shortly after meeting.
On those times in my country young people over 18 years were forced to do military service, but as they did not show up to register at military bases, officers made raids on public transport buses to force them to do their military duty.
On the day of our first wedding anniversary, I put my makeup on and my best clothes, I waited for my husband, the hours passed by... He did not arrive. The next day in the afternoon he told me "they recruited me and thanks to an official friend who happened to know them, they letted me go", he exuded a liquor smell and seemed not to have slept, but he never accepted that he was lying. After 22 years of marriage he still holds his lie while smiling, but he no longer attends parties without me.
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He stared at her friend's eyes, answering:
So, as I DO NOT WANT to continue being your puppet. Luck on the exam...
She answers:
Yes, I apologize for neglecting the house, it was for studying a lot that ...
His mother interrupts again and says:
Fuente
Truth: "Why are you laughing so much?"
Lie: "Did not you find out what happened to the little minister Juan, that the wolf ate the sheep?"
Truth: "Yes, and do you know why that happened to him? For a liar "
Lie: "No, do not blame me, he just wanted to have fun and said that little lie, what happened was that people did not help him"
Truth: "Do you know something? There are no small or big lies, neither white nor black; lies are lies, and those who practice them are liars. Maybe some do it for fun and others because they are not able to face the consequences of their actions, but you know? The one who falls into the lie then does not know how to get out of it and the first consequence is that nobody believes him. I hope you've learned that it's not good to lie in any way. "
Lie: "Insurance True that I understood you; is more since today I change the name hahaha is a brief lie.
"Why did you do it? Was it not bad enough that you were cheating?", the inspector asked
"All evidences points to you"
"I know I messed up, but I didn't murder her. Yes I lied about cheating and that we were in good terms, the truth is..... "
"Stop it, you implicated yourself, everybody lies. Even if you were going to, a brief simple lie would have sufficed, to save face but this cooked up complicated story of yours makes you seem more guilty".
"I didn't kill her I swear, please believe me" he begged.
"Even if you didn't, where is the proof, you messed up the only chance of an alibi, you lied about your whereabouts during the time of murder. I know you were with your mistress, you'd have just that but this your story of staying late at the office, hanging out with the boys and coming home drunk has been proven to be a cooked up story", the inspector fired at him
"but I didn't want it to seem like I had a hand in her death, that was why I cooked up the story, I didn't even think it through"
"You've implicated yourself Mr."
I got the story, but even if he told a simple brief lie, wouldn't it have implicated him still.
naso, I see am o
you didn't specify, if it was the Nigerian police o, if they did the arresting, then the guy could go free
I didn't even think of that
cool story, with moral lesson
thanks
Nice one, lying isn't something good
it isn't
This story really relates to the topic, this is a good write
yes, thanks
me likey, nice write-up
awwwwwn, thank you
Fresh
cool
I think this man is guilty o
lol
Lie
If You Must Lie, Be Brief
This topic made me remember during my Undergraduate school days what happened that i think suits this topic.
During my school days, time came when it was due for we the students to pay the sectional departmental dues; so, the courserep came announcing that the dues for the section will be #1000 instead of the normal #500, that the Head of Department (HOD) insisted we pay #1500, but he with our departmental course adviser pleaded for the said price; Announcement ends. Hours letter the Course Adviser came to lecture us, but something interesting happened, after the lecture, during the question and answer section, a colleague stood up and asked the lecturer why the sudden change of the departmental due from #500 to #1000 as per the announcement given by the courserep earlier before the lecture. The lecture was astonished and said angrily to the courserep and the general class, i did not ask you to pay any thing more than the normal amount for your dues. The courserep was speechless and ashamed as he was caught up with his lies.
COMPETENCE OF SLOW ANIMALS
@elisonr13
THE MURDERER
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One fateful day, Dan came back from school and saw his mother in a pool of blood with a blood stained knife on her hands and a suicide note. He grabbed her hurriedly but she was dead. He screamed with a loud anguished voice that alerted his neighbors.
The police got involved and saw that it wasn't suicide but murder! Fresh bruises were on her body. The cops searched the house and while searching, they found the license of Buggie on the floor. They surrounded his house immediately and questioned him.
Question: "where is your license?" asked by the policemen
Buggie: "My license goes with me everywhere, in fact, I just used it to pay for some taxes while coming and I kept it in my jacket few seconds before you badged in...."
Police: "you are under arrest, "if you must lie, be brief"
Buggie: "Holy shit!!!"
Buggie was saying too many lies and the police caught him😂. Murderer!
Most lies comes out like that without you knowing you are going too far
Exactly!
@chyvivienne, that's how we see it o
Am a victim of those kinds😂
Me too @neymah
Buggie was guilty,right?
Not totally, but he was a suspect @madujudith
Fuente
It all happened two weeks Ago when I lost my grandma.
I Was alone at home with my mum that Saturday afternoon, when we realized that the mild sickness had already taken her.
Though she was 97years old.
I had already Spent all the money I had on me the previous week when she was admitted in the local hospital together with the 30000 naira my friend gave me to keep for his international passport processing.
I couldn't have had money in my pocket and let her die when she could still live, so I had no other option than to use his money.
Now the ideastruck!
If you must lie be brief.
I didn't know what to tell him because he demanded for it Monday which was two days later. I sought advice from my little mind that was already feeling Defenestrated.
It said Don't lie because you're not good in telling lies.
Finally I told the truth because brief lie was my weakness, it once got me into trouble.
My friend shocked me with the Reply Don't bother i was once in your shoes therefore i understand.
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Lol, it's a good thing you told the truth though
Thanks dear @julietisrael for your understanding, I appreciate.
well formulated and spiced up. love the story fam
It is a true life story brother though I'm in a contest.
I wish you sucess bro
Thanks brotherly
The big lie of the designers
In a study of Community Managers, a group of graphic designers were making designs contracting the services of a recognized Design Agency, the bosses were very happy to see these great designs and began to get powerful jobs, began to receive cars , houses among other goods. One day the study of Community Managers tendered for the largest project in the country and one of the requirements was to participate with all their work team live and direct, that news was not at all pleasant for the Designers, since they had never designed something for themselves. The hour of the contest arrived live, and each one of them presented a different excuse for not designing, one said that his belly hurt, another said he could not stand the headache, and so on they were inventing excuses, the study did not win the tender and the designers were thrown out of their jobs.
I like it
Good story!
Like
If You Must Lie, Be Brief
So there's this colleague of mine at work her name is Fumilayo and she's a Nigerian. We normally partied together alongside with other colleagues of various departments.
We are at a bar one evening after work and she decided to gist us about her family. How rich they are and how many Cars they have alongside with landed properties. I was buy the story tho.
We all believed as per the talk was interesting plus it was such a nice story.
There came this point in the storyline that was a little bit fluctuating.
She had earlier told me that they stay in Enugu with her siblings and parents. But over here she was like she was the only child and the parents stayed in Lekki.
I now saw what was happening behold my eyes were opened. I was seeing what she did there.
Turns out I was not the only one that knew they stay at Enugu.
So this other girl decided to asked her about her brother that was in another University. And the time she traveled to Enugu to see the mum.
My dear she was choked on her own lie. I couldn't contain the laugh. I think her name was disturbing her fumiLAYo.
Melancholy of conscience
(Story based on real life)
A boy had a beautiful, attentive and affectionate girlfriend, but he was fed up with her. The girl showed love enough, love, love and attention. She always sent messages of good morning love, calls, etc. Some messages said: "stranger" I love you "you promise that we will never separate. One night before going to bed the boy received a message from her, instead of reading the message that the girl had sent him the boy went to sleep. He woke up and then the mother of the girl called him crying saying that she had been murdered the previous night. The boy hung up and started crying, after about 15 minutes he went to read the message the girl had sent. The message said: love I am in the doorway from your street, come quickly I think someone follows me I love you I'm afraid Moraleja: Never reject the one who loves you and cares about you because one day you will realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars
If you must lie, be brief.
"María, I swear, she's just a friend." Jose told his wife because he got it in a loving act with Juana who is his secretary and lover. The relationship between Jose and María was full of experiences, good and bad but it surpassed anything. His marriage of 15 years was strong, although months ago it was falling apart because they did not spend time together.
Maria entered the house without warning and got them kissing. Jose began to explain, "She's just a co-worker, she's working on the details of the engineering project." His wife already knew everything, she was aware of what was happening between them, it was enough to see them together for a few minutes to figure out what they were hiding. María molesta says to her: "If you're going to lie, be brief." Save your empty words, do not be insensitive and inhuman, at least give me a reason not to hate you, repentant Jose says: "I'm an idiot. I betrayed our marriage for a moment of pleasure. You have the right to kill me if you wish, and I do not deserve to live if you are not by my side.
This story is pretty good. It happens a lot in our daily life. It has not happened to me and hopefully I will never touch that kind of betrayal. Good luck in the contest. Regards!
Greetings @rogers thanks for commenting.
I hope you do not touch go through that situation is very difficult :(
Hahaha I hope it never happens to me. Although sometimes it is better to live the experiences to mature even better, in our journey through this life.
You're right.
I had to live a similar experience. Because of that I ended up raising my children alone, her father cheated on me. The positive thing is that my children grew up and thank God they never missed anything. @apoyolatino
Good to know you were capable of that. Women like you deserve infinite respect. Thanks for comment!
Man as a human being has shortcomings. Hopefully within his defects there was no betrayal. It is a bad habit that is made stronger over the years.
So is. Unfortunately this society improves in some things but continues badly in others.
Lies come and go like everything in life. It's unfortunate but that's the way it is.
I have always liked this phrase "Even if lies have legs, sooner or later they limp.
I've heard that phrase before. I think it's used by a rapper or not?
That phrase says a lot. @jacksonaf
Your story identifies me I'm not sure but I think we all went through that moment at least once in our lives.
So is. Do we ever have to face reality
José got into a strong problem haha. Great story
IF YOU MUST LIE, BE BRIEF
When I was 12 years old I had a boyfriend, but we neglected each other and we did not see each other as much as before, he was always busy, one day my sister's boyfriend went to the house with a friend and I introduced him, a few days later my sister He convinced us to go for a walk, because she said it was for us to go out together. We went out a couple of times, then the boy invited me to eat ice cream only he and I, without my sister and boyfriend, that day when I was getting off the bus I found my boyfriend who was going up, when I saw him I was freezing and He only saw the boy who was with me. I quickly told the boy to get off the bus and I told my boyfriend that the boy was my cousin who had come to visit and get off the bus, and I told the boy that my boyfriend It was a friend who was waving, and we went to buy the ice cream that afternoon I had a great time.
If You Must Lie, Be Brief
I do dry-cleaning in an army barracks and wanted to go to a party organised by a Major's son. Having no decent clothes, I was so desperate that I took those of Lieutenant Mike which was in my shop, with the intention of washing it after.
So I got to the party and saw lots of young people mingling. Seems the devil was after me, as I unknowingly ended up chatting with Lieutenant Mike's daughter. In an attempt to impress, I kept on telling outlandish lies. At a point she said we should take some pictures together, and since I was feeling myself, I agreed.
Thirty minutes later and after countless lies, I saw her Dad walk in with a couple of soldiers behind. I tried to quickly leave, saying I needed to get something outside but she choosed that moment to hug me, claiming she found me fascinating.
And that was how Lieutenant Mike walked up and she greeted him warmly. Next thing I knew the soldiers behind him descended on me and dragged me out where I learnt the lesson that if I must lie, I should be brief.
You are beautiful tonight my love ... thank you !. Yesterday I was more beautiful and you did not tell me ... is that today I see you more beautiful than ever! That is, other times you have not seen me beautiful! And when I'm with my friends, why do not you tell me I'm beautiful? ... You do not need it, you're the most beautiful among them! ... that is, you have noticed them !! ... you know ... I will not tell you more than you are beautiful! ... that is, you do not love me anymore ... (crying) ...
Photo: holadoctor.com
If You Must Lie, Be Brief
It was almost time for breakfast but I was in my room, finishing the pieces of meat I had taken from the pot last night. After washing my hands, I perked up as I heard my name being called.
Thinking it was time to eat, I rushed out only to see my mum towering over my brother who vociferously denied having stolen any meat yesterday. I immediately started thinking up a lie and by the time my mum turned to me, I was already speaking:
”Mama, you know I was reading my Bible overnight. How will I leave the word of God to steal meat.I also had an headache throughout the night so I could not leave my room. Besides, do I look like someone that can finish the breast and legs of a chicken alone?”
Right then I knew I had said too much as my mum’s eyes widened. Looking at me, she asked: ”how did you know it is the breast and legs that are missing?”
Nothing was going to save me from the beating mum was going to give me. How I wish I had kept the lie brief.
IF YOU MUST LIE, MAKE IT BRIEF
My dad is someone whom you can not easily convince, because he is just like the FBI at times I get to wonder if he was among the MI6 or CIA
His questioning is always carefully selected waiting for you to make the slightest mistake.
The kinda dad I have is the kind that will make you to take time and plan your lie or excuse, because he will make sure he confuses you and gets into your head to get the truth.
With people like this if you must lie you need to make it talented and brief such that he doesn't get you by any means. The plan must be so well that you will not have to change a said word or sentence 😂😂😂..
My tears fall from my eyes, like the rain fall from the sky. Pain. That's all i could feel as i look at the photo i was holding for hours. Like i was holding into "us" for the longest time. Me and him being happy with each other. Crying over something supposed to be called love. He betrayed and crushed me.
"you are the best thing that ever happened to me"
"darling, You are the one i've ever wanted"
"i love you"
I kept hearing his words on my head. His lies that blinded me for years. He hurt me like no one else. But i still love him more than he could ever known.
Dont ever come to me again. I cant here your lies anymore. Please stop. Or else i still cant stop myself from loving you all over again even if it will cause me pain.
Is it still his lies who keeps on hurting me? Or is it my lies who kept the pain on my heart?
THE SMALL ONE ASKING FOR BREAD
@elpastor
It was my final examination and was so excited that I would become a graduate soon. In the examination hall the questions were so simple that I looked around to see if my friends also found it easy. I noticed Jane my crush wasn't writing anything so I offered to help, that was when the supervisor caught me and filled examination malpractice form for me. That was the end, No graduation for me and I had to stay back an extra year… How do I tell my parents?... I had to lie to them that I had issues with my biometrics which I needed to sort out. Few months passed and I still haven't gone back home to show them my result. I had to tell lies upon lies just to cover up my little secret when they became suspicious but one faithful day they came to visit me unannounced and that was when they realized I never graduated in the first place and it was all a lie. My parents were very disappointed because I broke their trust by lying to them…”if you must lie, be brief” my mom said as she left in anger.
Nice story... More like my life...@feebie
Smiles... What was your lie?
Well I lied about my grades. @feebie
If You Must Lie, Be Brief
For some months now, I had been saving part of my salary to get a new phone. Last week, I got a new Iphone6 and on my way to church, friends saw me with it and started hailing me, believing I had gotten a job that paid handsomely.
Matters came to a head when my pastor said: "Brother Gbenga, it seems the Lord has blessed you. Don't forget to show your appreciation to him in a meaningful way."
Knowing what the pastor meant and having two 50 naira notes on me, one for offering and the other for transport, I quickly told him: "Pastor, God is yet to bless me. This phone with me costs less than 30,000 naira as I got it from someone who sells spoilt phones and had it repaired." To make sure he left me alone, I added, "I even need money urgently right now."
That was how the pastor told me to sell it to him for 50,000. In his mind he thinks he is helping me. Phone that I bought for more than 100,000 naira. Had I known I should have kept the lie brief.
If You Must Lie, Be Brief
I got on a bus this evening on my way back home from work and got a seat beside this extraordinarily beautiful lady. I noticed she was busy chatting or something on her Iphone and was looking for any means to get her to notice me.
So I took out my phone and pretended to be making a call:
“Hello Mr. Kunle. I was told you have the shipments ready to move. That is good. This is how it will be going down. You’ll send me your account details and I’ll send half the payment. Once my goods arrive, you will get the remaining fifty million naira.”
Glancing at the girl, I could see her looking at me, so I faked calling another number and said:
”Funmi, mum told me your school fees is a hundred thousand naira. I am sending three hundred thousand so text me your account details. Manage that for now.”
Now I could see the girl staring at me so I turned to her. She pointed to the floor and said: ”your phone’s battery fell down when you brought it out.”
I felt like disappearing.
Fly by Night described him perfectly. Absent for the years in which I needed him the most. Sure, he sent cards & generic birthday gifts. I even got occasional phone calls from exotic locations - But for the most part these interactions were out of obligation, not love. Dad moved around a ton. He had to, he was a confidence man. A con artist.
The day before my 30th birthday I stood outside Sunnybrook chain smoking. Once inside fear and sadness quickly overtook me. My legs trembled as I made my way to the east-wing of the 2nd floor. Oncology.
Barely the husk of a man. Tubes. Wires. Oxygen mask. Translucent skin. For what it’s worth, he seemed peaceful. I sat at his bedside. His eyes fluttered open. Joy. He took my hand. His sandpaper palms were rough but comforting. He pulled me close. Shifting his mask to the side.
“I’m sorry.” His eyes pleaded. I nodded. He swallowed hard and spoke again.
“If you must lie, be brief.” Suddenly his heart rate soared and he coded. He was gone. Just like that.
Thank you for coming today. Even if you’re only here to make sure he’s actually dead.
^^ The above two words don't count towards the story 😉
"If you must lie, be brief"
These were the words my supervisor whispered as I was ushered into the interrogation room. I am an accountant at a construction firm, and my supervisor had engaged in some shady deals which I covered up. Apparently I didn't do a thorough job, because the authorities found out.
In the world of 2025 corruption was a serious offence. The authorities had acquired the assistance of a device for interrogation. A lie detector that none could fool. It had sent ministers and other high ranking members of society behind bars.
During interrogation I was grilled with questions. Remembering my supervisor's words I kept my replies brief. The interrogation ended without any alarms going off. I heaved a sigh of relief as I was discharged.
A couple days later, I was informed that the device's manufacturer had been awarded a contract by my firm. A closer look at the books reveals shadier dealings that I wasn't aware of.
This makes me wonder, was I really lucky enough to beat the device or was it all prearranged?. Was I interrogated by a lie detector or was it just another lying machine?.
Nice one @jacksondavies!
Thanks @rlt47
@jacksondavies - You're welcome.
If You Must Lie, Be Brief
Photo credits: Guía Infantil
Tim was punished in his school for having stuck a chewing gum to a girl in his classroom. The teacher gave her a letter informing Tim about what happened to Tim so he could give it to his parents. The child knowing that his parents would scold him hid it. The next day the teacher asked her if her parents received the letter, the child told her that of course. The dubious teacher told her that she would call her parents to confirm it in the break. Tim, scared at the break, tells the teacher that he could not breathe (all to delay the time and the teacher could not call). But the opposite happened, they called 911, the parents, the friends ... in the end the lie was revealed. So...If you must lie, be brief...
Good one!
The Lie
Princess Alicia ran happily into her father’s arms, King Arys, the Mad King. She clasped him in her embrace and couldn’t believe her fate.
“I’m glad father. For a moment, I feared you thought I was lying.”
King Arys smiled wryly.
“You’re the pride of my heart. How could I not believe you unless you give me a reason not to?”
He slowly got out of her embrace and began to walk to the throne.
“I didn’t even know that you didn’t sleep in the palace. I was just asking about your night.”
“But father, I slept in the palace.”
“Oh. Then why did you talk about the heavy downpour, the one that only happened in Riverrah where that blacksmith lives?”
King Arys stopped speaking when he got to the throne. Alicia’s eyes widened in fear as he picked up the crossbow.
“My sweet daughter,” King Arys continued as he turned to look at her, “in your next life, if you are going to lie, be brief.
The arrow caught Princess Alicia in the heart.
IF YOU MUST LIE, BE BRIEF
Ruth struggles to get the best grades, driven by the illusion of entering Medicine, but lately her performance is falling. And is that Ruth has fallen in love, but not a boy in his environment, with a boy that knew by Internet and who shares her passion for reading. They spent many years sharing and thus getting to know each other but as Ruth is determined and her virtual love refuses a date, she intends to surprise him, so starts her inquiries with the few data she has available with the help of an old friend.
And everything turns out to be false, a lie, neither the photo nor the name are real. So who is really that special boy? She confesses everything to her parents and feels regret for the abandonment of her studies. Soon her friend finds the whole truth and decides to reveal the identity of the boy with whom she shared the most intimate emotions. It comes from prison, the boy is a murderer. The disappointment for her was very great, however she knew how to overcome, and she continued her studies in medicine and now maintains a cordial friendship relationship with that young man.
By @norkamoran
Katerine loved her husband so much that she believed in him blindly and did not believe in anything or give importance to what the people around her said about him, her confidence was so great that he had things in his noses and still she did not see anything. But the day that caught her attention so much was something unusual in him, her nervousness betrayed her she knew something was not right, and tells her that love happens because you sweat so much that it happens and to evade it was short I have a work meeting super important that could change our lives, she believed it, but I keep sounding in the head and investigate. And it was true he would change their lives because he would have a child with another woman; which was Katerine's best friend.
I met kike while serving in sokoto,she was always telling people how her parents stays in U. S. A and she will be joining them after her service year, she acted like she doesn't take a dump like every human alive.
She will criticize you for everything , I nearly strangled her one day when she threw out the rice I gave her to the dogs because there was no chicken.
After POP she came to our lodge to ask us if we were taking the bus or flying home without waiting for reply she rambled on about how her mom called from abroad and warned her not to take the bus and has already book her flight.
The corpers in my lodge were supposed to travel together but something came up and I left before the others, I rushed down to the park and quickly bought the ticket and claimed the last seat in the bus, the seat beside me was occupied by no other but kike who was suppose to be on the plane to Lagos, the shock on her face ehen , I told her to take a selfie with me so we can remember that day forever.
He was such a lying man that he did not spare time or place to lie; And a friend thought and said: it will be possible that if I manage to talk to him very early in the morning, perhaps because he is so early, I can get some truth from his lips. He managed to see him early, so much so that the dawn was breaking. He greeted him and said: how are you friend, so from tomorrow to here? And he replied: I go to the hospital quickly, I have my mother hospitalized and he is moved, he says: hear how sorry I am, give him my regards and wish it to go well. The friend replied.- Thanks friend, hey, you will have some money that you lend me, I need to buy a medicine and take it to my mother and he very hastened to answer yes, of course, how much do you need? They agreed on the amount and thus continued their journey ... And ... He meets another friend and says: I just talked to Juan, who has his mother hospitalized and I lent him money to buy a medication he needs. The friend replies, as well? Yes, I just saw Mrs. Rose watering the garden plants and she was smiling. -Can not be! He lied to me again! He did it again, Noooo!
At the top of the lowest.
Juan was a very popular businessman because of his enormous income and luxury, but he was even more so when he was denied before the court. He was a trafficker; He used his products to hide drugs and thus expand his company around the world. He was able to convince anyone, his way of speaking was very serious and made you imagine that everything was true. Each phrase because its security in each phrase had no comparison with anything. His motto was always "If you're going to lie, be brief".
His lies were very elaborate, and thanks to that, he always got the way so that no one would realize that his business was based on drugs. All that fantasy happened until the day that "Ben", undercover detective, I look for the most forceful evidence to capture this mobster, who rose and fell in a short time.
IF YOU MUST LIE, BE BRIEF
The week of classes begins and after a weekend all relaxed, watching movies, eating and sleeping it's time to go back to school, PABLO is time to get up to go to school and try to prepare as fast as possible. late, says Pablo's mother. He tries to invent an excuse not to go to school and convince his mother not to take him with his lazy million. PABLO began to mourn and put on tears of water pretending a stomach ache and that he could not walk, the mother all worried went to the room, asking him what he felt, he told her that he did not feel well from the stomach because of everything what he had eaten the previous day. The mother very naive, I look for and I prepare a chamomile tea for the discomfort and told him to drink it and stay quiet lying down, until the pain passes. PABLO took his chamomile and fell asleep, the mother did not take him to school.
At some point in our lives we have said some pious lie, this time I will tell you mine.
One day my boyfriend and I planned a trip to Mérida but since my mother was very jealous to let me out, I told her that I was going to spend the weekend at a friend's house and she accepted without any problem. When we arrived in Mérida we stayed in a hotel that had a pool, restaurant and recreational areas; the next day we visited some parks, museums and squares. Everything was perfect until two days after leaving the hotel we got with an uncle who happened to be staying in the same hotel for work. The meeting was not the best, I wanted to die when I saw it, I had no reason to excuse myself from my big lie, he just told me that he gave me the opportunity to tell my mother the truth.
The day I arrived at my house I was armed with courage and I had to fight the truth to my mother, then the big scolding and the chant of why I had lied to her. From that day it was difficult to lie again.
You must lie,be brief
Becky was always very spoiled by her parents, they gave her everything she wanted, they did not skimp on buying her likes and whims. Her parents boasted about their daughter with others, Becky is the most beautiful, best student in the classroom, she goes to the best school in the city. Her parents enrolled her in art class, and piano, apart from high school. Suddenly her parents begin to see that Becky did not return at the end of her classes, but that she arrives too late, always arranged, but her parents decide not to worry. One day the principal calls the parents and tells them that Becky is not attending classes, her parents still do not believe it but decide to find out.
Becky's mom then discovers through a letter and a rose in Becky's room and thinks Becky has a boyfriend, and she never told me, that's why she's missing so much class, in the afternoon Becky arrives and her mother tells her find out that you are missing from the institute, you must lie, be brief.
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She thought long and hard, finally heaved and said “Lying is a solution many people resolve to for several reasons. It could be getting out of a sticky situation, easing someone's pain, saving face, avoiding punishment or whatever”
She paused, I could sense she wasn’t done so I didn’t interrupt
“Some try to justify our lies by coming up with righteous reasons for them but in the end it's still a lie and though we know it's wrong we still choose it over telling the truth. This is because lying always seems easier than being honest” she continued.
I had to interject ”are you saying lying is acceptable and better than the truth?”
“No”
pause
“Sadly it is not. Lies are hard. They pile up overtime due to the fact that another lie has to be told when confronted by the initial lie and before you know it you're stuck in a giant heap of lies.”
She continues
“But sometimes we lie for a noble cause or to protect those we love.”
“Ultimately if you must lie, be brief.”
IF YOU MUST LIE, BE BRIEF.
My mom always sends me the errands because I am the biggest and that bothers me, one day I sent me to the warehouse and I was upset on the way I met some friends from school and we went to knock down mangoes in a house that is abandoned, I was with it there, about an hour and I had forgotten what my mom sent me to buy, on the other hand my mom who had left to find me found me, mounted on the bush and I saw her throw me, and as I saw her angry I told her I went to all the cellars and there was not one in which I just rode to kill a sleeve that caused me, and my friends told my mother that it was true that I had just arrived, so I saved myself from a good scolding
If you must lie, be brief.
I woke up this day, moody, upset, motivated to do something to help the cause. I got ready to go out and join this little movement, I'm in the car thinking of nothing and everything at the same time all the way. By now these feelings I've brought up early are getting amplified, I encouraged myself for the cause, at the moment I was ready I jumped into the streets. Hours after of protests these ''officers'' caught me doing nothing, robbed me, hit me and left me abandoned on the highway. They did that to thousands of people, not only what they did to me. They murdered people. They are still doing it.
It was at the Venezuelan protests in 2017.
My parents had saved up for over a year just to raise money for me to travel out of my home town and seek opportunities in the big city. I stood by the road side with my luggage when a man with an expensive car parked right in front of me. He offered to give me a ride,Reluctantly I agreed because he was traveling to the same city and it would help me save the money I had reserved for transportation… few hours had passed and we were already chatting like we had known each other for years… what's your story? He asked… I told him my parents died and my family took over their property and ever since I have been struggling with life. I told this pathetic lie just for me to be pitied and for him to offer some help because I sensed he was really rich. He offered me a place at his house till I got settled and when we got there I got the shock of my life… my distant aunt happens to be his wife…Don't ever lie about your situation but “if you have to lie, Be brief”... He said.
Tunde and lilian stared at jide for a while, they couldn't believe he was lying again. He silently prayed that, his lies wouldn't be their end. A few yards away, men clad in neatly starched military camouflages surfaced. they came from a nearby barracks. Tunde immediately took lilian away close to the walls of the canteen leaving jide and the fair pretty lady to a forced privacy. It’s time he told the whole truth.
"see ehn baby, i'm sorry i've hidden this part from you. Jide is a…" tunde swallowed as he imagined how lilian would bear the truth.
"sister lilly! pls come" the fair lady called.
lillian rushed off to meet her cousin, as tunde further sank in regret, his love life is just about to end all because of some silly "bro-code".
The two men clad in military camouflages halted all of a sudden, one kept still whilst the other walked towards lillian's cousin. “Sergeant, take this man to the guardroom, show him how much of a bloody civilian he is”
"ah... my life, jide don kill me!" he muttered.
“Take this one too along! Next time let your lies be short as you!” lilian added
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I just received the worst news of my life. I have terminal cancer. There is nothing to do except wait for death, my doctor gave me a stipulated time of three months, three short months. What am I going to do now? I leave stunned consultation, I only hear in my mind "three months" I enter a bar, I ask for a strong drink, I drink fast, I ask for another drink and another, the man who serves the drinks stares at me and asks me if everything goes well, I do not answer your question. And so I continue, drinking quickly, my mind is in chaos, it seems that in three months I will die, so what's the matter, I've never done this. The bartender keeps watching me, tries to flirt with me, I'm not interested in anything he's saying, I just want to drink. Soon I will not be and I know that this is not the best way to take my situation but I am very disturbed. All the alcohol begins to take effect in my body, I call the bartender and smiling I tell him: "if you are going to lie, let it be brief"
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