"Lying is easy. We all do it. It's the lazy way out of any argument, a contagious slipknot for spinning failure into success. I was the worst. I lied to get ahead. I lied to hold others back. I lied for no reason other than to perpetuate an image of perfection I'd managed to manufacture at the cost of my soul. I was a cardboard cutout, shaped in the likeness of those I one day intended to replace. Subconsciously, I hated the person I'd become, but...