chapter 40:

* * * * * Although we are all the same, they didn't see it that way, and it disgusts me that you would flee if you knew . By this point, it appeared as though water were flowing from my eyes . However, if you claim you want our friendship to terminate, then so be it . As I was fleeing, tears were streaming down my face . I was afraid that if she learned the truth about me, she would go away out of terror . In addition, I don't want her to treat me like a princess, as I did in my last pack . I desired freedom and the ability to meet people who would help me forget my unpleasant background . When this familiar figure gave me a hug from behind, I was just about to open the door . She burst into tears as she realized it was Glinda . staining my back in the same way as tears stain my cheeks as they fall . Shiela , I apologize for not listening to you . Just trying to be . . . I spun around to face her as she stumbled through her words . As we both sobbed into one another's should