Every children deserves parents but not every parents deserves a child. -Unknown. |Z Y R A| I have lied, a lot of times. I admit. But today? It's different. I stood before him, my gaze unwavering, eyes devoid of pretense for the very first time. I do not try to mask my any expression that conveys a vulnerability, I had been hiding for so long behind a web of lies I have created. I, who had once thrived in the art of deception, now found myself laid bare, exposed to the man I have grown to care for. Even if it is only one layer I have peeled off my body for him, it is still a big deal. It a is a big deal for a woman like me, who have always kept a hundred of layers like a maize. Every line etched on my face, born of years of practiced deception, softened as I dared to step in

