The Cleanest Lie

Summary

Before the SATs, my mom had one rule: no washing our hair.

She firmly believed that shampoo would wash away all the knowledge in our brains.

I didn't buy it, but my twin sister, Lily, obeyed without question.

Later, Lily became the laughingstock of the school. They said her hair was dirtier than a pigsty.

Crying, she begged me to take her to a salon.

As a result, she bombed the SATs.

When Mom demanded answers, Lily blamed me:

"If my sister hadn't made me wash my hair, I would have been valedictorian!"

In a fit of rage, she pushed me into the river.