Listen for the Lie

by Amy Tintera

He probably missed his calling as a serial killer.

Let this be a lesson to all the men out there who can’t handle conflict—man up and dump your girlfriend, or you might end up living with a suspected murderer indefinitely.

At this rate, he’s going to end up married to a murderer.

I really wish the police had found the murder weapon. It would have spared me a lot of imaginary killings.

Men are such babies. They’re too scared to actually break up with you, so they just get mean or fade away until you get mad and dump them.

An insult doesn’t have the intended impact when spelled incorrectly.

“I should have controlled my temper,” I said softly. I should have just cried. Taken the hits and crawled away to show my scars. I should have been a better victim. The truth doesn’t matter if you fight back.

“Let’s kill your husband.”