I wonder how many of us have skeletons
we think are well hidden, when in reality the bones are visible every time we
open the closet.
"Silver Tongues and White
Lies"
By Joseph Manno
Parihn laughed.
The sound would have been delightful if
she hadn't been laughing at me.
"That's not a
revelation."
I closed my eyes. Unfortunately, hiding
failed to deflect the embarrassment.
"You knew I'd slept with the
Arellian queen?"
She smiled and held my gaze—evidently
seeing far too well.
"Your senior staff consists
essentially of women. We knew... and also understood that you didn't want
us to know—to somehow think less of you.
"So we pretended we didn't."
Now Parihn took my face in her hands—to
chastise and cherish.
"But,