The next semester, Stephen's last, he pursues Lucy again, claiming his and Diana's relationship is merely for convenience. Lucy leaves in tears, and when she coincidentally ends up sharing a cab with the couple on their way to Diana's, Stephen pretends he doesn't see her. The unofficial couple attend a party together, but while there, Stephen kisses Diana in front of Lucy. She tells him about her mother's past actions - something she's never shared with anyone before - and feels closer to him than anyone. Lucy feels sexy for the first time, and her feelings grow for Stephen. Stephen is charming, and he and Lucy begin having sexual encounters regularly. Getting Lucy to trust him (and sleep with him) becomes a mission for Stephen, something to distract him from his deteriorating relationship with his on-and-off girlfriend, Diana, as well as increasing flashbacks to a mysterious event from his past that he believes could ruin him. Instead, Macy said she was instead leaving the party to see a secret boyfriend.Īt school, Lucy meets bad boy junior Stephen DeMarco the first week, and she can't help but crush on him. Lucy questions Macy's death often, as it was reported that she had been driving drunk, but Macy had told Lucy earlier that night that she hadn't been drinking. Two years later, Macy died in a car accident. The two eventually kissed, but Gabe told Lucy she was too young, breaking her heart. Lucy took tennis lessons with Macy's older brother, Gabe, as a tween, and had her first real crush on him. Lucy and Macy were family friends growing up. Lucy has the kind of naivety and excitement that many do freshman year, making fast friends and attending wild parties while still maintaining her desire to study abroad for her journalism degree.īut the distractions are not enough for Lucy to forget her mother's unforgivable act - or her childhood friend Macy Petersen's mysterious death years prior. Lucy is excited to get away, especially because it means escaping her mother, who she has not forgiven for an act of betrayal years earlier. We then flash back to Lucy entering her freshman year of college at a small California campus, the opposite end of the country from her affluent Long Island hometown. She's insecure, knowing she will see Stephen, with whom she has a mysterious past, at the wedding. The novel begins in the present, with a 20-something Lucy Albright preparing for her college pal's wedding. A post shared by Carola Lovering What Happens in "Tell Me Lies"?
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