There is a girl I work with whom I've never got along with, Katie. Mainly, it's a personality conflict, but there was an incident of backstabbing four years ago that I've never truly forgiven her for.

Recently, there was a situation at work that got blown way out of proportion. I was not involved, but Katie blamed me for it. My boss, who knows that we don't get along, believed me when I said I had nothing to do with it. However, he wants me to apologize to my coworkers and hope that things turn out okay.

He also wants me to apologize to Katie & try and smooth things over between the two of us. This is something I genuinely cannot do. I tried to work things out between us a little over three years ago, but instead of making things better, she made my life hell. I contemplated quitting, but I can't find a job that pays as much as this one does and I really need the money.

So now I'm not sure what to do. It's bad enough I have to apologize to my coworkers about something I didn't do, without being able to explain to them that I had no part in it. Should I tell my boss that he's asking too much of me, and risk losing my job, or should I suck it up and lie twice like he's asking me to?