Janey even fought past her fear of needles in order to treat my dad at home because the last thing he wanted was to liein a hospital bed during his final days.
At a routine level, men lie to get women inbed ("you're beautiful, " "my wife doesn't understand me"), lie when they are there (witness the hilarity that greets Jim Carrey's "I've had better" to a postcoital inquiry in the movie Liar Liar), and lie afterward ("I'll call you in the morning").
An anxious heat entered my eight-year-old mind and I curled up inbed, hoping Mother would pay me one of her night visits, kiss my forehead, lie beside me.