I had planned to tell her the truth. I knew that she would not understand.

She was always complaining about one thing or the other. Could she really handle the truth? What would her friends and family think about the baby?

She had always said I was different and that I was not of this world. She did not know however how close she was to the truth.

I had initially thought of telling her the truth but I found myself lying. Humans say that honesty is the best policy.  I am an alien being, a reptilian in fact.

How do you begin telling humans that you are from another world?

I told her that the baby she was carrying was not mine. Only after I returned to my world she would finally realize the truth.

Her emotional breakdown made me reconsider everything. The baby was ours, and we would protect him at any cost.

And thus I realize I shall never tell lies again