While reading this novel at some places you will see sudden scene shifts, so as the writer of this novel I want to tell you all that it's nothing but the novel is written & designed dramatically due to which each & every person reading this novel can use his/her imagination to go through each & every character in this story more precisely. And feel how each character is feeling throughout the story.

"We All Lie" is a pure work of fiction. The names, places, people do not signify any person or places in the real world. And it is written for entertainment purposes only.

Hope all the readers will love this novel!

July 6th, 2020

On a fine afternoon, Chicago Thalia Hall is surrounded by so many people & is being turned into a venue for a great piano concert which is going to happen there that night. The stage designers & the other workers on the background are working very hard to make the stage arrangements as perfect & mesmerizing as possible for the VIP & other ordinary audiences who were going to attend & enjoy the performance that night.

Meanwhile, in the dressing room, the great pianist Alexander Wilbert, who was going to perform as the lead pianist of the show that night had gone high on excess alcohol & narcotics which transformed him into a living monster & ended up in a huge mess. Over the effect of drugs & alcohol, Alexander had gone to that extent in which he was even unable to recognize his subordinates & manager who worked day & night with him during his concert days & throughout his music journey.

And, Alexander who was sunk in the depth of those drugs & alcohol & was acting neither less than a crazy person. For that moment watching all those activities, his manager Stacy tried to make him stop taking that harmful stuff anymore before the event. Those action of restrictionary behaviour from Stacy annoyed Alexander pretty much in a high scale & at that moment without proper consciousness, Alexander threw up a tantrum over Stacy & started to attack Stacy with the make-up properties & other stuff which were kept over his dressing table. In that fight, Alexander abused & constantly beat up Stacy knocking her over the ground without any mercy. And because of the constantly hit she had to face from Alexander, Stacy shouted out for help lying over the floor with her left out strength.

Stacy: Help! Help! Someone, please help me!

While she was being beaten up & shouting for help in the dressing room, at a few distances away from the room some workers who were working & setting up the lights heard her. As the workers heard the woman’s wailing they all ran swiftly & smashed opened the door for rescuing her. When they opened the door the scene they all witnessed there was so brutal. Alexander’s manager Stacy was lying over the floor spitting out blood from her mouth & she was been kicked again & again over the gut area. When the workers saw that some of them ran towards Alexander & held him from behind & pulled him to the other side of the room then the other workers took Stacy & made her rest over the couch & one of the eldest workers within them asked Stacy in a kind & soft manner looking at her.

Elder Worker: You poor thing! Are you okay? Does it hurt much?

Stacy: It pains a little!

Elder Worker: You must go to the hospital & have a proper checkup.

Stacy: No need, sir!

Elder Worker: You must go my child otherwise you may end up with complications in the future.

Stacy: Okay, I’ll. But before I must give Sir Alexander some tablets prescribed by his physician.

Elder Worker: Why are you worried about that prick after all these kind of behaviour?

Stacy: Anyway, it’s my job sir.

Stacy then takes out some tissues which were kept on the table next to the couch & clean up the blood which was coming out of her mouth. She then stood up from the couch where the workers put her to rest, from there she went inside the other room for taking out the medicines for Alexander Wilbert. As on the other side, the pianist was bluffing out unconsciously in the hangover of the drugs & alcohol. After some moments later she came out with a small medicinal jar & she kept it over the table from where she took the tissues. Then she said loudly to the pianist who was in the half-consciousness.

Stacy: Sir, you should take these medicines before the concert okay in this there are two kinds of capsules & one is hangover capsules & the other are the vitamin supplements which you take regularly.

Elder Worker: I feel sorry for you my child. May Lord help you to endure it.

Stacy: Yes, uncle! Lord will help me. Anyway, I should inform our company CEO about this crisis.

Elder Worker: I don’t understand! How are you so optimistic in this situation also?

Stacy: When an ill brother is waiting alone in a house for you to bring bread to eat. Anyone will become optimistic automatically because without that vision there is no other way to live.

Then Stacy picks up her handbag & takes out the mobile to have a talk with the CEO about the current situation which had happened there in the dressing room of Thalia Hall. Stacy reports all kind of acts which took over the scene to her CEO & takes permission to leave from the spot to visit the hospital as per the company guidelines for all employees working there at the Music Label Company. After the call with CEO Stacy walks again towards the old man & says.

Stacy: Thanks for helping me, uncle.

Elder Worker: It’s okay. You should go to the hospital now!

Stacy: Okay, uncle! I’m going there only I have taken permission from the CEO while I was talking with him.

At the head office when Robert Vane, the CEO was reported about the events which took over the hall in his absence by the manager. It created a huge fuss inside his head which eventually turned into great anger towards Alexander. Because it was not the first complaint he had to face about Alexander’s rude behaviour to his co-workers on the tour events. Actually, Robert was fed up with this kind of behaviour from Alexander. This time he didn’t wait for anything, Robert called his secretary Benjamin, who was working over the next table & they both set off for the Thalia Hall in a rush to meet Alexander before the performance in a luxurious concert hall like Thalia which was infamous for its history.

While they were travelling towards the Thalia Hall. Secretary Benjamin was sitting beside the Ceo Robert in the car seat after sorting that day’s time schedule. He started to read out the schedule to Robert who was going through great stress for that moment of time. The stress & the scheduled reading by Benjamin made Robert lose his temper which resulted in more frustration & anger. Robert Vane at last then ended up talking in a high voice with Secretary Benjamin.

Robert: Benjamin, can you please stop it! Can’t you see I’m not in the right mood for these all?

Benjamin: I’m so sorry, sir. I didn’t know!

Robert: Now, you know right? Are you fine now? On one side, that bastard Alexander is crossing his all limits & setting up new troubles for the company & me. Here, you are poking on my mental stability reading those dumb schedules.

Benjamin: I’m really sorry, sir.

Robert: Hey driver, can you just drive faster to the destination which I told you?

Driver: Sorry, sir. It’s not possible because we are going through a speed limited road. If I drove too much fast we may end up in trouble.

Robert: Oh! Please. I can’t handle more trouble in this life. The amount which I’m handling is more than enough for me. So, go as per the laws itself.

Driver: Okay, sir.

Then, they continued their journey to the set destination. Suddenly, Secretary Benjamin who was sitting quietly & checking out the trending news which was going over their country in his tab went through a shock & the reason was a news which was quickly gaining popularity within a few moments of time. The Ceo, who was sitting beside him when turned to Benjamin’s side to ask something about the company meetings. He saw his secretary be completely frozen in the impact of the news. That look over his face totally puzzled the Ceo then he snatched the tab from the hands of Secretary Benjamin & took a look over it. When he looked over it was the news about the physical assault which Alexander was doing to his co-workers. After looking the news he also went spellbound. And suddenly looked over Benjamin & said.

Robert: Wa… Wa… Water! Please hand me a bottle of water!

Benjamin: Okay, sir. Be calm, I’ll give you. Don’t put yourself under great stress!

Robert: Just give me some water. You dumb!

Benjamin looked in the car’s storage space for a bottle of water & took out a bottle of semi-cold water & handed it over to the shocked Robert. After taking two to three gulps of the water he just abused Alexander till he was cool enough to talk again calmly. After a short duration, Robert looked over to Benjamin & said in a hard voice.

Robert: Listen up! Benjamin. I want you to make sure that this news should disappear from this trending list as soon as possible. I don’t care! How much money you have to spend over these stupid punks who are writing this news? Just make sure! What I said to you.

Benjamin: Okay, sir. I will.

Robert: And don’t forget to collect all the videos & photographs which were taken during the incident which were taken during the time of incident & also give some money to those workers to keep their mouth shut.

Benjamin: Okay, sir. As you wish.

Robert: As days are going that bastard Alexander is checking on my patience level by bringing up troubles likes these again & again. If I got a chance I may have killed that bastard without anyone's knowledge. How much time more it will take to reach the destination, driver?

Driver: Sir, we are about to reach the hall in a few minutes.

Robert: Okay, continue with your driving.

As told by the driver within a few minutes of the drive they reached the destination when they reached the destination driver got out of the car & went to the side of the car where Ceo Robert was sitting & he opened the door of the car for him. Robert Vane got out of the car & made his body to stretch a bit & gave a pat over the driver’s shoulder & gestured him to park the car in the parking lot till when he would be back. Then Robert suddenly climbed up the stairs leading to the entrance gate of the Thalia Hall & Secretary Benjamin also followed his back towards the concert hall.

When Robert & his secretary got inside the hall the situation there was something else from what they imagined to be. All the workers were standing at the side pausing the work & Robert was able to hear Alexander shouting from inside a room. Robert looked around with a confused look over his face & within that time the elder worker came to his side & said.

Elder Worker: Sorry, sir. We tried a lot to control him. But he is in an uncontrollable state that we had to lock him down.

Robert: It’s okay! Did Stacy left for the hospital?

Elder Worker: Yes, sir. She had been brutally attacked by that psycho maniac.

Robert: I know! Anyway, where is he locked up? I want to meet him.

Elder Worker: Come this way, sir. I’ll take you that room where he is locked.

Robert: Okay. Let’s go! Before that wait a moment.

He looked behind towards his Secretary & said in a calm voice.

Robert: Benjamin, don’t forget about what I said earlier while we were on the way.

Benjamin: Yes, sir. You can go & meet Sir Alexander without any tension.

Then Robert & the elder worker walked together towards the room where Alexander was locked. Within that time Benjamin gathered all the workers who were present over the site & collected all the proofs & settled with them up giving a great amount of money to keep the news up to themselves & contain it there in the hall itself & for the news which was trending over the internet, Benjamin contacted a guy named Gautam who was an IT specialist working for Robert’s music company & by his techy support Benjamin made the rising news down off the internet & cleared it off.