My Porcupine
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"I wrap myself in a cloth of lies, spikey lies that poke and stick out at intruders. My lies are my safety blanket, the one thing that keeps me from falling down- from actually trusting people. My lies are small but many, just like a porcupine's spikes are small but numerous. No one needs to know the truth about me, no one should. This is my decision I've made for myself since I was 9. I can't trust anyone, I can't tell the truth, and the only way to hide from pain is to give no one an opportunity to cause it."
Aussie Maybelle lives a complicated life of lies that she weaved, carefully. She is a master manipulator and learned early on that trusting people only leads to pain. A girl so wrapped up in the lies that she created that she doesn't know what she's missing. Or more appropriate, who she is missing. One day she'll have to face the music, her secrets she's been hiding so desperately are bubbling up to the surface. As each lie is peeled away from her, what will be left of her true self? Has her soft interior finally succumbed to her lies...
Robin Lynch values honesty, and he believes that it is the most important value in life. He always says if you can't tell me the truth then don't say anything at all. He sees everything as black and white, good and bad. Then he meets Aussie. She is unlike anything he's ever seen, yet he can't stop this nagging feeling that itches his consciousness, she's too good to be true. Aussie is the only grey area in his life and he's determined to her fit into his life of black and white-anything but grey.
Join these two on an adventure with lies and truths, love and betrayal, and of course porcupines.
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