Nora looked down at her hands that were on her lap. With pursed lips, she said, "What if he was just using me? What if he has ulterior motives? What if he just wants the Society?" She spoke continuously without pausing to take a break.
"And your heart believes that he is not using you, that he doesn't have ulterior motives, that he is not after the Society?" J filled in the blanks and saw her daughter nod her head.
"Your heart believes him because you love him and you don't care if he hurts you again. But you doubt him because of your responsibility and obligations to the Society," J pointed out what she knew from the very beginning.
Nora lifts her head up and stares at her mother with disbelief on her face. Because that is exactly what she is thinking. She realized that what really confuses her is if she would follow her heart or her mind.
