We lie in the dark

I know your awake

The only sounds

Are the sounds

This old house makes

Oh, how I long

I long to hear your voice

She lay on her side, knowing full well that Ryan was awake. She knew that he would lay there for hours before he finally fell into a fitful sleep. She also knew that it was her fault. She knew that he shouldn't be here. She just loved him so much that she didn't want him to leave.So there they were side by side in the bed but so careful not to touch one another.

Desperate to talk

Yearning to touch

Burning inside

Because I want you so much

So I say I love you

And leave you no choice

Ryan caught her watching him and he tried for a smile. He failed miserably. He hadn't smiled for a very long time. Since they had been together to be exact. She knew that it was wrong of her to keep him here when he was so apparently unhappy. She carried around the small hope that someday he would be happy again, that someday he would be the same old Ryan.

You lie

You don't wanna hurt me

So you lie

Buy a little time

And I go along

What else can I do

Maybe it's wrong

But you know how much I love you

So you lie

Till you can find a way to say goodbye

You lie

She decided to make it easy for him. One day when Ryan returned from work he found everything he owned sitting on the porch. He tried his key only to find that it wouldn't work. So he knocked. She opened the door. "What's going on?" Ryan asked her. "I'm not blind. I know that you don't want to be here so I made it easy for you. I want you to leave. You don't always have to do the right thing, Ryan." she said, fighting back the tears. "Teresa..." he said softly but she had already shut the door in his face.

The italics are lyrics from Reba McEntire's You Lie