All the Doubts (All the Lies Book 3) by Charlotte Byrd

Author:Charlotte Byrd [Byrd, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781632251572
Publisher: Byrd Books
Published: 2021-01-18T18:30:00+00:00

11

Liam

The following day, still traveling through Oregon, I pull off the road and stare at the tall, majestic pines. The air is crisp, drenched from a recent rainfall, and the needles are soaked, full of life.

I reach out to one, hold it between my fingers, and stare at its beauty. I want more than anything to share this moment with Emma, but I know that I probably will never see her again. The thought of that sends shockwaves through my body and I lean onto the pine tree for support.

Is this it?

Is this the end of us?

I don't know what it is that keeps pushing me back to her. It's almost as if she's my obsession.

My addiction.

I have to have her. Not to dominate, but to share a life with. It's almost as if my life without her doesn't exactly make sense. It's like she's a missing puzzle piece and until she is with me, everything feels off.

My phone vibrates and it’s the journalist from the Boston Globe, Henry Lipton. He insists I call him Henry and I insist that he calls me Timothy. After a few minutes of chitchat, we quickly switch over to video chat and Courtney from the Washington Post joins in.

Henry is in his early thirties with dark curly hair and astute eyes. He’s skeptical. They both are. They don't know each other and I introduce them.

“I don't know why you are telling us the story at the same time,” Courtney says, tilting her head.

Her hair is pinned up in a loose bun and a few strands frame her face in that attractive way that it can.

“I would like you to work on the story together.”

“We don't even know each other,” Henry says.

“It doesn't matter,” I say with a shrug. “Not to me.”

“It does to me. I can't write a story with someone whom I’ve never met.”

“If you're not interested, that's fine,” I say categorically. “I can find somebody else.”

“No, I am,” Courtney says quickly. “I'm just a little confused. This is very unorthodox.”

“It's important to me that the story in Coast Magazine is proved to be untrue. It is. I'm not sure who that person is impersonating me, but it's not me. I'm the real writer and I like to keep to myself, but I also don't want there to be lies printed about my true identity.”

They both nod simultaneously.

“You don't have to write the story together. I wouldn't expect you to. I'm not giving either of you an exclusive either,” I add. “You're welcome to collaborate or not, but I was thinking that we could just cut down on the number of questions if you both interview me at the same time.”

They try to argue, but on this point I'm not budging.

I don't want to go through this twice. I want them both to know and to write what I want to tell them, but I'm not going to spend more time doing this than absolutely necessary.

Eventually, they get to it. They ask me questions and I answer to the best of my ability.

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