Honesty Case

This is a fiction story.

Honesty

My cousin Anita is the one who make me think the meaning of honesty and consequences of it. She actually was not honest she lied all the time. I think she felt that the easiest way out of any given situation was generally the best way out. For her, that meant telling a lie that sounded trustworthy. As a kid I thought it was marvelous to lie and get out of things so easily and being around my cousin was the main problem. Casually, when ever I would come to her with a problem, concern, or a doubt what I should do, she would always tell me to make up a good lie. "Anita, I told Janice that I would go to the movies with her, but I would rather go to Jessica's house and stop by Yesinia's house for a little bit too." "Tell Janice you're sick," she would say. And most often I would. But I didn't seem blessed with her no principles or ethic. On many occasions Janice would find out that I really went to Jessica's house and Yesinia's too without her. These occasions taught me that it is more painful to be caught in a lie than to tell the truth in the first place. I wondered how it was possible that my cousin had never learned that lesson that I had just learned so painfully and so easily.

I started thinking of all the lies that she say to other people. I remember the time she told her friend that her favorite store had closed, just so she wouldn't have to see her there anymore knowing that she would know that the place is not closed and she will be caught in thee. But she does not even think about that. She continues with her supposedly white lies. The time she told her friend that she loved the new sweater she had gotten her for her birthday. Another lie was when she told her friend Natty that the car was down and that is why she hasn't been to see her in a couple of weeks. The thing that I don't understand is why you have to lie to the people you love if you don't like or want to do something. The best and correct way is telling the truth. What disturbed me after a while was how she included me into her lies. Like the time she called the school and told them I wouldn't be there today because I had a doctor appointment, when in reality, she wanted me to baby sit my little cousin so she could go get her nails done. What started to disturb me the most was when someone would call for her and she would ask me to tell him or her that she was not there.

So I soon started my own personal encounter against her dishonesty, not to hurt her but to assist her with her problem. When I answered the phone and it was someone my cousin didn't want to talk to, I said, "Rosa, Anita is here, but she doesn't want to talk to you." The first time I did it, I think she teaches me, but I feel I still had the upper hand. I told