If There Be Thorns Page #4

that have trapped so many others.

What does that mean?

It means you can choose a moral life,

a righteous life,

a great life...

or you can choose to shy away

from the light of god.

You cannot tell your parents about this.

You can't even tell Jory.

"July 12, 1943.

"Life is a solitary existence,

"but out of that solitude,

"with a little ingenuity,

"and with the strenght of God,

"I can bring about triumph."

"Why?

"Because I do not let

weakness and sin distract me from greatness.

"And sin

originated from one creature."

"Nothing else has the power to drive a man

to do what is against his better judgement

that lust for women.

A woman can make a man abandon his friends,

abandon his morals,

abandon his dreams.

Women will make a man soft."

"It is up to a man to resist this seduction,

this temptation, this sin,

or it will destroy him.

And in time,

we shall pay for each of our transgressions."

"And our children will pay for them, too.

We will pay for these sins with our blood..."

"...and our pain."

It was a fairly simple procedure,

so I let him sew her up after I was done,

and he stitched his sleeve to her arm.

He didn't!

Is it the same guy

who threw up on the operating table?

-Yes.

-Jory!

Honey?

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

I got it, Emma.

Who would be calling at this hour?

Probably telemarketers.

Hello.

Hello.

Hi, Marisha.

She never gets the time difference right,

Does she?

Jory, your grandmother would like

to talk to you.

Yeah.

Oh, honey, don't tell your grandmother

about the ballet recital.

-Okay.

-Okay?

Hi, grandma.

Yeah, I'm trying to.

Of course.

Chris, I know she's eccentric,

but why do you hate her so much?

You don't like her any more than I do.

What I think isn't important.

She's his grandmother.

He's allowed to talk to her.

Why can't I talk to my grandmother?

Your grandmother?

Your mom.

The one in the mental institution?

Well, Bart, that's, um...

That's very complicated.

I haven't spoken to her in years.

Not since before Chris and I met.

Honey, are you okay?

You look a little peaked.

Yeah.

Are you sure?

Yes, grandma.

Yes, of course, I'll tell her.

Okay, well, um, try and finish your dinner.

Can I be excused?

Sure.

I'm sure I'll hear soon.

Yeah. Of course.

I'm gonna go check on him.

I don't need you to check on me!

What is it, boy?

Come on.

Cathy?

Cathy?

Cathy?

What are you doing here?

Nothing. I'm just cleaning up.

How long have you been at this?

A few days.

This looks a lot like the attic at foxworth...

Chris, how can you even say that?

I'm not planning on locking anyone up in here.

I am not mother.

I'm not suggesting you're mother,

but what are you doing here?

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