The Other Side Of The Lies

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Callie Ansar. The Other Side Of The Lies

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June, 2012

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The payphone outside of the Seashore Motel was mine for the taking. I sat on the green bench that stood beside it, put quarters in and dialed David’s phone number for hours. Nobody ever answered but I continued to do it anyway, hoping that I’d eventually hear his voice on the other end. I never did. Instead, it was a different David’s voice that surprised me on that hot, June afternoon.

“Are you Karen?” the voice asked.

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I could hear muffled voices through the door and realized that I had been in the bathroom way too long. I grabbed the jean shorts that I had on all day and slipped them back on. I found a white tank top and threw that on as well. I put the contents of my duffle back in the bag and opened the bathroom door.

Ramsey was off of my bed and now sitting on a tweed chair, smoking a cigarette. Lauri and Danny were sitting up in their bed, taking turns smoking out of her bowl.

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