She comes across as some sort of ingénue. The virginal girl-next-door who needs to be protected from unsavory elements.
The dupes who believe her impersonation, don’t know about her surreptitious life carried out in the darkest corners of the most sordid venues. They don’t know she has honed her storytelling skills to an art form.
When Bert proposed, no one was more surprised that she accepted, than she was. Perhaps she was tired of pretending, of keeping track of all the multifarious story plots.
Who are we kidding? She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
Thin spiral notebook 
Everyone needs someone 🙂 Will she be happy…will he?
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wicked burn and I like how you describe her at the beginning. More of this sometime, please.
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Great writing per usual Tara. Well done.
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I wonder how lucky Bert really is… excellent piece
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Wicked little fakester! I love it…
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Love it!
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Love your choice of words, particularly the last sentence. Thanks for sharing.
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Intriguing. As the saying goes a leopard can’t change her spots.. or something like that. Just enough information to fire our imaginations. Nice..
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You leave so much to the imagination. There are the seeds of a good novel here.
Leslie
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That picture is perfect for this post, and “surreptitious” is one of my favorite words. lol
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