June 12, 2024:
It not about liar and victim.
She disclosed, fully and openly. Proudly, even. She told you who she was. Freely. Effusively, like bragging.
The failure was yours. Your own true belief made her disclosure inaudible. You weren't deceived, you declined to hear.
Until the exact moment of revelation. "He's so evil." Spoken with true admiration, where all the machinery of resentment and revenge spilled out like pus from a pimple. Nevermind that all "evil" meant was small, in a petty sort of way.