C7 THE DECEPTION

Gilly knew he was lying. She walked closer to him and gazed into his eyes— searching. “I can’t take that from you. You and I know that you hardly get the papers from the newsstand not until 8 am. And you said you sent Minlax. That seven-year-old boy to go buy you the newspaper across the busy road this early! It is not 8 am yet and—I don’t believe you, darling. I beg you