I was the proud owner of a lovely Viola for almost 11 years. It was mine from my first day of Orchestra in middle school, through my four years of high school, and continued to be mine until two years ago. It was my pride and joy. I eventually managed to save up enough money to add a beautiful Cello to my collection of musical instruments, as I had always wanted one. I only had it for a year, but I loved knowing it was mine. To this day, I have never treated inanimate objects with as much reverence as I treated those instruments. This is where my biggest lie comes in. This past Christmas, my parents asked me what I wanted and I mentioned that I would like another Cello. I told them that I left it and my Viola behind at my former job. That wasn't the truth. In the almost two years I was at my former job, I was swindled out of hundreds of dollars by a co-worker that I considered to be a good friend and as such was broke. I had to sell my instruments just to get by. But, of course, I wasn't about to tell my parents that.