A Lie to My Father

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A lie to my father I never had to lie to my father. I was always truthful and honest to him, so he had faith in me that I will never lie with him. But, once I had to lie to my father about my poor grade in A’ level and this ruined my life. My preparation for my exam was not too awful but yet I had failed in all my subjects in A’ level. Just before my exam, I used to hang around with my friends for mostly and barely studied for an hour every day. When I sat for my exams, I was able to answer sixty to seventy percent of the questions in all the subjects. As a result, I was sure my result would not be brilliant but I am not going to fail. But when I got my result I was staring at the big alphabet F in all subjects which means I failed. I did not know what will happen in my future and how could I face my father with such a grade. I was worried and thought how to show such poor grade to my hot tempered father. My father is very friendly with me, but when he gets angry; his red hot eyes can make anyone tremble even before he does anything. Eventually my tall and muscular father came to me to know my grade. I lied to him and said that I got B grade in all subjects. He was pleased to hear that and he congratulated me. I felt quite relieved when he left me but it was not for long. After a while, my father told me to get admitted in a university since my A’ level was completed. Instantly, my face became pale and I started to think what to do next. Days went by, yet I could not tell the truth to my father. In each and every moment I thought about how to tell the fact to him. Finally, I decided to tell him the truth. When I said him the truth, instantly he slapped me on my face and that put a red mark of his figure on my face. He shouted at me and scolded me for a long time for lying to him. He was angry on me for a day and after I begged an apology, he
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