I Should Have Lied

• Ashley Boothey, Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2019

I should have lied I thought to myself as I lay in the burning flames of hell, “Is it a sin to tell the truth” why were the winiged beast of heaven foresaken me. I could feel the flames consuming me they were hungry for my pure blood. I lay on my back, I could feel it, he was coming for me. Everything went dark as I gasped for my final breath of air I descended into the chaos of my own honesty. I was caught in a web of truth