Everybody Lies
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It doesn't matter if it's out there somewhere
Waiting for the world to find
Or buried deep inside
Everybody lies
- Everybody Lies, Jason Walker
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"…and I always trusted you"
-Sherlock Holmes, 2x03: TRF
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Her Lie
They say that if you were given a part to play then the best thing you can do is play it well. She lived by that rule. She loved it. She loved the challenge of playing someone else – even if it is as lonely as a head-over-heels pathologist in love. Besides, she loved being innocent for once (for she was never one). But, in every play comes a final act. Now it's time for hers. She put on her best show – her most pitiful screams, her most convincing cries, her most tear-worthy speech – all for the most important role she will ever play – a hostage for one of the most dangerous criminals in the world (which, in fact, she was working with).
After that, the actors behind the characters must be revealed. Then, the audience will know the truth:
It was all a lie.
His Lie
The minute he received the phone call he knew it was all a game. He wasn't worried – not at all. In fact, he was excited - who wouldn't want a little mind exercise once in a while?
When he arrived at the meeting place, he was a little challenged. He wasn't scared – not at all. He was entirely focused at the game at hand.
Bang!
The gun rang. He swore she was dead.
Then, out of the tense silence came a soft laugh – her laugh – that grew louder and louder.
"Did I do a good job?" she asked.
The minute he recognized the truth he wasn't hurt – not at all.
Unfortunately, everything he told himself was a lie.
It was all a lie.
(Her Other Lie
Every outstanding actress knows that the best way to be convincing is to find yourself in your role. She was no exception. Every day she put a little bit of herself in the part that she played . . . until suddenly she found herself becoming her character.
The day of the reveal, she didn't feel regret. She didn't care. This is what she truly is – a ruthless actress forever trapped in her past. She was not the woman he met. It was just another perfectly executed role.
Unfortunately, as much as she tried to convince herself, she couldn't. She knows the truth:
It was all a lie)