How To Survive- Third Person Standalone -

The third lie comes soft, almost gentle.

Leo blinks. The voice is not inside his teeth. It’s outside, human, scared. A young woman with a cut on her forehead and a child clinging to her leg. How To Survive- Third Person Standalone

Leo kneels. Puts his scarred hand on the child’s head. The third lie comes soft, almost gentle

“You volunteered for this.”

Fifteen seconds.

He squints. Reads: Step 1: Remember who you were. Step 2: Give away what you love most but keep the memory of it. Step 3: Find the others who also kept their half. He reaches into his pocket. The torn photograph of Elena is still there. Her smile, severed but whole in his mind. The third lie comes soft