Chapter Twenty-Five: Chemical Break
"If it were not for hopes, the heart would break." -Thomas Fuller Leaving Maura was harder than I thought it would be. I didn't think I could be forgiven, but she forgive. I didn't think I could forgive, but, none the less, I did. It was one of those bittersweet things in life where you're glad it happened, but almost wish it didn't because of how hard it is to let go. Adrian walks in front of me, the box of food held tightly in her arms and her head hung low, looking like any other oppressed Number we pass on the street. We're taking a rather round about route to the abandoned building where Kern and Mallery are staying, just in case a Monitor recognizes us in the crowd and decides to follow us. That way we'll be caught long before we reach our two friends. "Maura was acting kind of
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