Bad Liar
She wanted to lie to him about it. He was so happy to be here, she didn’t want to ruin it for him. The entire point of the trip was for her to show him how proud she was. She didn’t want to scare him.
But she had never lied to him before. It might have been necessary for this situation, but she just couldn’t do it. She set her knife and fork down and looked at him.