He ripped loose the foil, poured, and stirred.

“And you don’t see it as a problem?” she asked.

He turned and sipped his coffee. “I do it all the time, too.”

“What? Lie?”

He nodded. “He is an artist, Kathy. It is through the lie that he reveals the truth.”

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