Just because you didn't speak the facts out loud didn't erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.

“But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep r…”

“During the night he'd kicked off a sock; his toes were plump as early peas; it …”

“It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.”

“How could she trust this man, so imprecise with his words, to take care of the …”