White Lies

Harry thinks his night with Ingrid might have meant something. Ingrid, however, can barely look at him.

When she starts avoiding his messages and acting strangely at school, Harry becomes desperate to understand what went wrong. But before the two can properly talk, a private situation is misunderstood — and suddenly rumours about Harry begin spreading through the school.

Within hours, people he barely knows are judging him, his friends are questioning him, and even his own sister isn’t sure what to believe. Harry insists that the story everyone is hearing isn’t what happened, but the harder he tries to defend himself, the guiltier he seems.

Meanwhile, Ingrid is struggling with a truth she can’t bring herself to explain. As Stella and Ruby try to protect her, the situation spirals further out of control, leaving both Ingrid and Harry trapped by a version of events neither seems able to fix.

And when anger, gossip and loyalty collide, a misunderstanding that began between two people threatens to destroy far more than Harry’s reputation.