Learning from Stories:

Learning from Stories:

This is a story from the Wicakawi Wiyan Series (A Modern Day Native Woman):
by Beth Corbin

Cade and Vette had been dating only two weeks but already Cade felt Vette might be "the one."  The relationship had been fun with dating 5 out of 7 nights each week; tonight was Wednesday and Cade's night to go out with the guys.

Vette had only asked one request of Cade in the start of their relationship: "never lie; there must always be truth if we are going to trust the other; if you lie, I am done, "she requested.  He agreed.

That Wednesday night the guys went out to a bar and grill had a meal, a couple of beers and laughed and joked most of the night.  Cade had texted Vette a few times that night and from the comments she could tell that maybe he was drinking a few and started questioning him.  The questions bothered Cade and he got a little rude with Vette and seemed to be mad at her.

The guys started teasing Cade for already being wrapped around Vette's finger and the joking continued. At some point they decided to put the joke on Vette.

Vette called Cade back several times trying to get a response since he seemed angry with no response.  She was worried and had hoped he wouldn't drink and drive.  On one last try, a man with an accent answered Cade's phone.

The man with the heavy accent explained he was a cab driver and his last fare left his phone in the seat, "if you hear from him tell him I am already on my next fare but will return his phone," he reasoned.  He continued, "The man was very drunk so he may not know I have his phone until morning." During the comment he said, "hold-on, dispatch is calling my radio," Vette could hear a muffled sound.

About 5-10 minutes later Cade called from a different number, saying it was his work cell, that he had forgotten his phone on the table at the bar and grill, and that his friend would be bringing the phone by later.  Vette told him of the cabby's call; Cade promised her he'd left the phone on the table and his friend's were just playing a joke on her.  Cade said he would get on the guys tomorrow at work for their behavior; taking no responsibility.

A few things kept bothering Vette; then she'd realized Cade had already broken his promise to her by lying.  She was very disappointed knowing Cade chose to lie and that he had made a joke out of her as she had always wanted a man who would stand up in her defense.

She tried to forgive him and their relationship continued another week or 2 more before another incident arose and she couldn't do the drama any longer... Could it have been poetic justice when Vette said another man's name in her sleep and Cade just couldn't get over it, ending it with Vette?

What was the lie(s) and what were the clues that led Vette to the truth of being the joke; can you guess?

1. Cade always wore his phone on his belt, never leaving it behind
2. Would the jokester/cabby have known Cade's password to use the phone without Cade being there or telling him?
3. When Cade had said he was calling from a work cell, Vette had programmed the number as a work number under Cade's name... A few days later she called the number and found the voicemail message of one of Cade's friends and the phone number was not Cade's work cell at all.

What is the moral of this story and what lessons can be learned to better relationships?