Faker Some betrayals are loud—screaming, cheating, broken furniture, police reports.But others are quieter.They arrive with a soft tone, a sympathetic nod, and a smile that says, “I’m here for you.”This is the story of the second kind—the kind that pretends to comfort you while it slowly, silently, tears your world apart. A few years ago,…

There’s a strange kind of grief that comes not just from what happened to you—but from the way people talk about it afterward. It’s easy to believe the version of a story that’s neat. The one posted first. The one shared by the person who seems more composed, more charismatic, or more convincing. But real…