The Lies You Wrote by Brianna Labuskes

Author:Brianna Labuskes [Labuskes, Brianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

EXCERPTS FROM BECKS PARKER’S DIARY

August 7, 1998

The woman was outside again today. Now I feel as paranoid as Tim. She waited in her car, with big sunglasses and a baseball cap on, as if that did anything but draw my attention to her. If I had been passing her on campus, I would have said she looked like any other coed. She’s been parked on our street for four days now. I thought about calling the sheriff, but Samantha wouldn’t be able to do anything. The woman isn’t breaking any rules. She’s on public property.

Maybe I am just paranoid.

August 8, 1998

Her name is Talia. She found me today, thinking I might be easier to reach than Tim, I suppose. I actually took a wrong turn on my way to a faculty meeting. I can’t remember the last time I got lost on this campus, this place I know as well as my home. I must be distracted. Can you imagine why? Somehow I ended up on the Language department’s stairs and she tapped me on the shoulder.

She thinks Tim stole from her. She showed me the work she’d done.

He lied to me.

August 10, 1998

I told Samantha I was considering a divorce. People always wanted to know what I’d seen in Tim. Our entire marriage we’ve pretended we didn’t hear the question beneath everyone’s congratulations. I had never doubted us, though. I loved Tim’s mind, the layers of it, the intricacies. I know I’m just letting my emotions speak right now. I can’t divorce him, Samantha pointed it out and I agreed. People will think it’s because he’s losing his sanity, when in reality it’s because of what he did when he had it.

Is this how the rest of my life will play out? Having no respect for the man I married, only pity and anger and resentment?

August 11, 1998

Tim denied the allegations, of course. Isn’t it funny that I’ve never once asked him about the rumors I’ve heard of his lovers? I don’t care about his body, who he shares it with. He became so angry with me, though, that he left the house for the night and didn’t return until the next morning. Who knows where he spent the night, or who he spent it with.

I’m contacting the journal that published his proof. I haven’t told Talia yet.

To think, a few days ago I was worried about Larissa’s language struggles. Now, I hope our baby isn’t a genius.

It’s not worth the pain.

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