Status Updates From The Truth According to Ember

The author is really good at making you feel her anxiety but I keep having to take breaks because I’m not strong enough 😂

this is cute! it feels realistic while also keeping me intrigued

Definitely getting better. I don’t know why she feels the need to lie, but I’m enjoying the banter and the story

"thats my girl" /swoon

someone tell this girl she will not become proficient in QB by the end of the day. omg. save her.

My initial impressions are the FMC has a huge chip on her shoulder. And yes we get it, you’re the first person to go to college in your family, so was I. 4 paragraphs seem unnecessary.

Why are they messaging on company platforms? Leave no receipts!!

She’s 25???

Knowing the US parental leave, Ember will be interim for a few months only

I feel like an accountant at a tech company should be paid more than 50K

I actually cannot handle the secondhand embarrassment

Really liking this thus far!

Please, Ember, stop lying!

i want danuwoa so bad

this is cute and funny but the narrator is soooo annoying lol she’s giving angelica from rugrats

“I wish you had come to talk to me about it. I’m a grown man, and I don’t need protecting. We are supposed to be partners and face these things together. You never should have been put in a compromising situation. It makes me so angry that you went through all that alone, pushing me away. We could have kept our relationship on the down-low and figured out how to stop Kyle together.”

“Our people have long memories; no one means anything bad by it. I love you, but you have an avoidance problem.”

“I feel sorry for you, Kyle. Even with your fancy education, your money, and your connections, no one genuinely likes you. Even though I haven’t graduated from community college—yet—when I finally get to where I am headed, it’s going to mean something to everyone around me. I will be something. You will just fade away, blending into the sea of mediocre men who have come before you.”

“Stop picking on me and everything I do wrong. You just avoid everything. Sure, you can do math, but when life gets hard, you shut down and pretend it’s not happening.”

it was impossible to stay mad at Danuwoa. He was kind and happy with the most infectious smile that felt so safe.

“The next time you are ever scared or trapped anywhere, you yell, okay?”

“Your freak-outs are kinda cute.”

Through my lashes, I saw a hint of a smile. He was enjoying my discomfort. They all were. Traitors, the lot of them. It made me smile too.

That was the problem. I didn’t need help. I had managed everything for everyone on my own, and I couldn’t get used to someone helping me, or I’d never be able to shoulder these burdens on my own again when that someone inevitably left.

I felt tainted and unworthy of whatever this kindness was.

It took me years to grow a backbone, and that is why people call me the Wicked Witch. I have learned to say no and say it often.”

There was no one to help them if I ever broke down. I had to be everything for everyone, and as exhausting as that was, it also defined me. I wasn’t an artist. I wasn’t a great cook. But I was dependable, and I showed up for those I loved. That had to count for something in this life.

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"i'm not some pathological liar" uh yes you are?