"I didn't mean to," she blurted out, the words spilling into the dark space between them. Pleading. "I swear it just – it was the medicine – and I couldn't help it. I couldn't lie. I couldn't lie." More hiccups. "I've never been a gifted liar – No, that's not true. I've been lying this whole time. You have no idea." The tears were falling faster than she could swipe them away, staining her flushed cheeks in their salty regret.