The lie

My granddaughter just had a terrible disappointment.

She planned to move into a new apartment for months. She had saved the money and trusted that the person who would be her new roommate was getting ready too.

People who knew both of them asked lots of questions and all the answers sounded right.

But in the end the other person let her down. This person must have known all along that this would happen. She hadn't really made the necessary arrangements.

I just do not understand why she let my granddaughter go right up until the last moment, when it was too late to change anything, before finally letting her know it wasn't going to happen.

People continue to amaze and disappoint me.

The truth would have opened the door for a hundred possibilities, but the lie locked it in for good.