George returned home after being away for several hours and found Zoe annoyed about the mess on the couch. “Where have you been all day?” she asked, her tone sharp. Trying to avoid sharing the details, George said, “Oh, just out for a run.”
But Zoe was quick to challenge him. “Don’t lie to me, you couldn’t have been running the entire day.” George felt a wave of frustration. “Now she thinks I’m lying?!”, he thought, struck by the irony of it all.