1. With one flick of my tongue, I was, for all anybody knew, twenty-third in line for the throne of Monaco. The words slipped through my teeth with ease.

2. "Really?" the girls on the swings beside me would ask, wide eyes blinking with a childlike naivety. They believed everything I said.

3. I nodded as they whispered under their breath how incredible my tale was.

4. It was amazing that they bought into it without a second thought.

5. I had made up the story purely for the pleasure of it. Lying was addictive. I felt invincible. Little did I know I would soon be found out.