"They couldn't break me because ... because they never touched that innermost part of me. They never even guessed. But I hid it ... I've hidden it because ..." She tilted back her head, looking skyward. "Because I live in terror of my family finding out--and shaming me, hurting me about this one thing that has remained wholly mine. This one part of me. I won't let them ... won't let them destroy it. Or"