#1LineWed - May 5

Today is #1LineWed on Twitter. RWA's Kiss of Death chapter posts a theme on their twitter feed (@RWAKissofDeath) and then you post a line from your current work in progress based on the theme. Here are the rules:
All writers from ALL genres are welcome to share their writing by posting lines from a Work In Progress.
"1 Line is whatever fits in 1 Tweet"
#1LineWed is about writing, not advertising please
NO BUY LINKS
Theme for May 11 is:
OPENING LINES

My opening line for GRETCHEN'S SONG is:

Keeping secrets was bad.
Keeping secrets from family and friends was a recipe for disaster...