Tell Me Lies

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of mental illness, death, disordered eating, emotional abuse, sexual violence, substance use, and sexual content.

In August 2017, Lucy Albright goes to her exercise class, recovering from a night of excess with Dane, her boyfriend of three months. She then goes to her job at The Suitest, a hotel sales company. After helping with the meeting agenda, Lucy tells her strict boss, Melissa, that she is leaving early for her friend Bree Benson’s rehearsal dinner. Melissa stops Lucy before she leaves and reprimands her for an article that she believes risks the company’s client relationships. She demands that Lucy remove the article, but Lucy is reluctant to do so, as she wants to grow her writing career. Lucy then departs and takes the train to the wedding. She worries about an encounter with her ex-boyfriend Stephen, even though Bree said that only family and close friends would attend. Once there, she sees Bree talking to her fiancé Evan Donovan’s parents and becomes nostalgic about when she first met Bree in college.

Seven years prior, Lucy arrives at Baird College in California with her family, where she first meets her roommate,

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