I have caught him in dozens of lies in the past six months, all engineered to manipulate my opinion of him. She kept reading, faster this time, looking for the words that would reflect her Ethan, the caring, thoughtful boy she had fallen in love with.Įthan is incredibly gifted at playing to an audience. He must have been tormented by the memory. No wonder he hadn’t wanted to tell Emma the truth. The little girl’s death had been an accident, a mistake, and Ethan had been carrying this guilt for his entire life. She must have misunderstood what Ethan told him. Her mind reeling, Emma shook her head as if someone were reading the notes out loud to her. Due to the double-jeopardy clause I am unable to make this observation to the court, as Ethan has already been acquitted. Again and again, he told me that “you weren’t supposed to have more than one best friend.” Ultimately, Ethan confessed to me that he’d killed Elizabeth Pascal on purpose, then lied to the authorities. Over the course of our sessions, Ethan confided in me that he had considered the deceased to be his “best friend,” but that she’d been playing with another child from the neighborhood just before her death.

She turned the page quickly, her breath short and hard. But somewhere at the back of her mind Emma knew the records were real. Maybe Nisha had been trying to get into the Lying Game and had mocked these up to mess with her. For a moment she thought it had to be a mistake, or a joke. Emma felt like something was clamped down around her lungs, cold and metallic and painful.

The lying game seven minutes in heaven