MONICA
Truth, like morality, is a relative affair. There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844–1900)
Ah, Friedrich. You’re the man. Monica mused as she turned Nietzsche’s words over
in her mind. She hadn’t thought of the nineteenth-century cultural critic since her
first semester philosophy class at Briar Cliff, but today she found comfort and solace
in the philosopher’s timeworn words.
In truth, who could say I actually stole those brilliant Kate Spade shoes? Or if
I’m actually a thief? Didn’t I simply pick up an extra shopping bag when I gathered
my own purse? The tag-along parcel was merely a purchase acquired from a woman who
had more bags than she could manage. One might consider that I simply lightened that
woman’s load, freed he
