Prelude

 

Deception can create a world.

 

The truth is, the world is only what you tell yourself it is. Lie to yourself and everything around you begins to crumble. When you're stuck in your abyss of lies, there's no going back. You've already fallen into the bottomless pit . . . wishing you had just told the truth.

Deception hurts.

 

Deception not only affects you, but the people around you. You tell a lie and it spreads like wildfire. And once others believe it, you believe it. That's because if others found that you lied, you would lose their trust. Therefore, you convince yourself that your lies are real. No one wants to be guilty of anything.

 

Deception kills.

My name is James. James Sunderland. And I know now that once you let a lie take over, it grows . . . like a spreading disease. Don't ever let anyone convince you that it's an easy way out. It catches up to you . . . one day or another. I went through hell because of it, and I'm not proud in the slightest because of it.

 

My story is one of lies. My lies. If you don't understand my understanding of lies and deceit, you won't understand any of this. All of what happened was not just because of my lies . . . but because of my selfishness as well. Lying to others in bad enough, but lying to yourself is the lowest you can go. I never believed in punishment for running from my sins, but one day they caught up to me.

 

Deception sent me to hell.