Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Shari Lapena
- Language: English
- Genre: Women’s Psychological Fiction
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They don’t speak as William walks her to her car parked behind the
motel; they never leave their cars out front, where they might be
recognized. No one will ever know they were here. At least, this is
what they tell themselves, what they have told themselves every time over the
last few months as their affair kindled, burned brightly. But now it has been
abruptly snuffed out. By her. He didn’t see it coming.
They’d met at their usual motel on the outskirts of town, where no one
knows them. It’s on the main highway. They had to be discreet. They
couldn’t meet in their own homes because they’re both married, and she,
apparently, wants to stay that way. Until half an hour ago, he hadn’t really
had to think about it. He feels like he’s had a rug pulled out from beneath his
feet, and he still hasn’t regained his balance.
They stop at her vehicle, and he leans in to kiss her. She averts her face.
Despair and desperation take hold, the realization that she really means it. He
turns quickly and walks away, leaving her standing there, keys in her hand.
When he gets to his car, he looks across to her, but she is already starting the
engine and driving away in a burst of speed, as if making a point.
He stands there, bereft, watching her go. Something had seemed different
about her today. He always arrived at the motel first, checked in, paid in cash,
got the key, and texted her the unit number. Today, when she knocked and
stepped inside, she’d pulled him close and kissed him more hungrily than
usual. There were no words. They tore off each other’s clothes the same as
always, made love the same as always. Afterward, she usually lay with her
head on his chest, listening to his heart, she’d say. But today she sat up
against the headboard and stared straight ahead, looking at the two of them in
the bureau mirror. She’d pulled the white sheets up to cover her breasts. Also
unlike her.
She wasn’t listening to his heart anymore.
“We have to end this,” she said.
“What?” He looked up at her, startled, then pulled himself up to sit beside
her. “What are you talking about?” He studied her—such a beautiful woman.
The bone structure, smooth blond hair, and natural glamour reminiscent of an
old-fashioned film star. He felt a surge of alarm.
She turned her head and looked at him then. “William, I can’t do this
anymore. I have a family, kids to think of.”
“I have kids too.”
“You’re not a mother. It’s not the same.”
“It didn’t stop you before,” he pointed out. “It didn’t stop you today.”
She looked angry then. “You don’t have to throw it in my face,” she
answered.
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