Siphon (Siphon Chronicles, book One)
“he said nervously. The inches increased our distance of separation. Two, to be exact.
What was he scared to tell me? I wanted to know, but I was worried suddenly he might have to lie to me and I didn’t want to be lied to. I’d already figured out by the short answers that he was skirting around things to keep himself honest. He had a lot of secrets. I just hoped it did not involve me.
“It is okay if you need to keep your secrets. We all have them.” Why did I feel a little like I w...as keeping company with the devil? I just told him it was okay to lie to me. Or stretch the truth. He stiffened at that no doubt wondering what secret I could hold.
It was true, I didn’t know about the headquarters he talked about, but my stepparents knew. The same stepparents who told me my parents died in a vacation accident and now I wonder if it was even true. They mentioned my mom once. Only once.
I was sure this was the same “headquarters”MoreLess
What was he scared to tell me? I wanted to know, but I was worried suddenly he might have to lie to me and I didn’t want to be lied to. I’d already figured out by the short answers that he was skirting around things to keep himself honest. He had a lot of secrets. I just hoped it did not involve me.
“It is okay if you need to keep your secrets. We all have them.” Why did I feel a little like I w...as keeping company with the devil? I just told him it was okay to lie to me. Or stretch the truth. He stiffened at that no doubt wondering what secret I could hold.
It was true, I didn’t know about the headquarters he talked about, but my stepparents knew. The same stepparents who told me my parents died in a vacation accident and now I wonder if it was even true. They mentioned my mom once. Only once.
I was sure this was the same “headquarters”MoreLess
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