I Ate the Last Cookie Without Telling Anyone

So here’s this: I totally ate the last cookie without telling anyone. It was this huge chocolate chip monster, and it looked so yummy sitting there on the counter like some kind of sweet temptation. My mom had made a big batch earlier in the week for us all to share over the weekend. But I just couldn’t resist leaving it alone any longer. I knew my siblings would be bummed if they found out about me taking the last one, so I decided to play the innocent and act like I never saw it at all. When everyone else got home from their activities that afternoon, I pretended to search for it too, even asking them where it could have gone. Yeah, sure, my conscience nags a little bit, but seriously, it was just one cookie! It’s not like I’m some kind of monster. The thing is, I do feel bad about the lie afterward because you can’t really tell people how amazing that cookie tasted without looking guilty or weird. So now I just avoid eye contact with everyone and hope they don’t notice. To be honest though, if there’s ever another last one in a similar situation, I’d probably take it again.