Listen for the Lie

by Amy Tintera

guess it’s mostly women who do it. But sometimes you meet a girl who is just, like, your soulmate. Not in a romantic way, but in a friend way. Which can almost be more intense. You could tell that Savvy and Lucy were in one of those intense friend-soulmate relationships.

“Some people think that means I’m just an asshole.” “Not being good at small talk makes you an asshole?” “Apparently. That’s what some people say.”

guess they’ve decided that tormenting each other for the rest of their lives is preferable to divorce.

“My life vastly improved once both those men were gone. Men don’t protect us, not really. They only protect themselves, or each other. The only thing men ever protected me from was happiness.”

talk to us, so they choose over-the-top chivalry. “If I pull out her chair and make a big show of talking about how moms are heroes and women are actually the strong ones, they won’t notice that I don’t have any interest in listening to a single word that comes out of their mouths.”

didn’t accuse him of anything. I just told everyone about the horrible things he said. If he didn’t want them out there, he shouldn’t have said them.”

“They wouldn’t say it if it didn’t mean something.

“Listen. I’ve been thinking.” “A dangerous pastime,”