Chapter Fifty: The verdict > >> I am totally shocked. I stare at her deeply, trying to figure out if she is joking about this. I'm trying to read her, but it seems she just has such an intense look on her that it is almost impossible for me to get anything out of looking at her. Yes, her eyes are red, like she was still crying, but it's really impossible for me to believe that she actually means it when she says that. “No, mom, you don't have to do that. I will keep my hands off him.” “ Talia, listen to me. Does he like you? Do you think he likes you the way that you like him?” She asks me, and I really do. Not know how to answer to that. It was just meaningless s*x, I say to her. It seems like the best answer anyway. It seems like exactly what she is hopeful for. “Talia, I

