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41 " the truth is important, the truth is what makes us free people. No guilt or shame holding us back. "
― Shelly Crane , Defiance (Significance, #3)
42 " But the truth is important, the truth is what makes us free people. No guilt or shame holding us back. "
43 " Truly all that was missing was Mission Impossible theme music, but if I was being honest, it was playing in my head anyway. "
44 " It's fate. But fate just gives us a nudge in the right direction on the fast lane. "
45 " She just decided and it was based on her own heart, nothing else. They were all in and as we watched them imprint, I realized that was best feeling in the world. To be all in, no regrets, no turning back, no matter the consequences. It felt a lot like freedom. Caleb "
46 " My love," Lynne said sarcastically, "will you please explain all that and don't make us beg you." "But I like it when you beg," he said low and chuckling. Caleb came to the rescue. "Did anyone ever tell you that you're completely inappropriate?" "They have. And you know, I had a little talk with myself about it. It turns out I'm cool with it. "
47 " Then she turned and walked right to Jonathon. He smiled in surprise at her and swung his arm out for her to pass him in line for breakfast. I peeked at Bish, wondering if he saw. He did. Great. I swiftly bolted to him in as ladylike a way as I could and stopped him from pounding Jonathon into dust. "Bish," I said and put a hand on his chest to stop him. "Think about it. You're just overly upset because your body is mad that she's with him." "You're daggum right it is!" "It's just the imprint. It makes you feel over protective. Jen is just hurting and trying to figure it out. If you make a scene right now, you're going to be moving backward, not forward." He sighed in a grumble. "So I'm supposed to just sit around and watch her do things to piss me off on purpose and pretend it doesn't bother me?" "For now? Yes. Please. I will figure this out for you, but right now we have some seriously messed up stuff going down and that has to be dealt with first." He lifted his hands to the back of his head and closed his eyes. "Fine. I won't touch pretty boy." "Thank you." "I'm going to…uh…" His eyes fastened on Maria. He smiled. I looked over to see, too. Maria was throwing grapes into the air and catching them in her mouth. Then giggling to herself as no one else was at the table with her. Bish left without another word and walked right to her. I watched and could hear their conversation in their mind. "Hey, Maria. You're pretty good at that, kid," he said. "I know," she spouted. "This boy at school taught me. But then he pulled my ponytail on the playground the next day, so I'm not really friends with him anymore." "Why did he pull your ponytail?" "Momma says boys are mean when they like you," she whispered in a disgusted voice. "But I think Momma's been misinformed. "
48 " Well, your mom is right, sort of. Boys are mean sometimes when they like a girl, but they are also nice when they like a girl, too." "So you like my momma? That's why you're so nice to her?" she asked nonchalantly. "I do like your momma. Is that ok?" "Yeah, totally! Maybe you should be mean to her," she mused and threw another grape into the air, catching it easily, "then I bet she'd really like you." "Maybe," Bish told her with a sad smile. It seems to be working so well for her. I jumped out of Bish's mind and looked for Caleb. We needed to show everyone the visions I'd had. We had to put an end to this once and "