They made it sound like a crime, or at the very least a cardinal sin. Did people pride themselves on being deceitful or worse, being convincing and successful at it?
Venus sighed because yes, she was indeed everything her friends accused her of, though accused was too strong a word. They despaired of her naïveté and her inability to be catty and bitchy to those who deserved a good set down. They were forever telling her she was too sweet, too innocent, too forgiving and trusting for her own good.
They loved her dearly for the very things they considered shortcomings, but they worried that those characteristics would end up being her ultimate downfall. Maybe they were right, but Venus couldn’t change who she was any more than she could change who she wasn’t. Hadn’t last night solidly prov
