“It Doesn’t Matter Who I Am”
exposed a critical flaw- feared her family’s disapproval
- “Oh there! There! Beautiful!”
- far more than even the worst nosebleed
- in elementary school during
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“It doesn’t matter who I am, everything I’ve told you is true.” Isaac put her hands on her hips. “What matters is what you’re going to do about it.”
“Everything?” I asked. Isaac wilted. “One detail of your little tirade exposed a critical flaw in your charade. Father’s silk allergy isn’t common knowledge, and he does pass signals with a linen pocket square sometimes. It’s not a hard mistake to make, but anyone with true inside intel would know better. Are you even a Swear? Or just someone who feared her family’s disapproval if she didn’t sign up with one radical faction or another?”
“It’s nothing like that. I’m a true believer. A warrior! And if my info traveled here by a roundabout route, that doesn’t make it wrong.”
“Play that video again. Something just clicked in my head.”
Isaac took out her phone and complied unhappily.
“Oh there! There! Beautiful!” I paused the clip. “See what Esmerelda is wearing?”
“It’s a dress.”
“A red dress, which she’d never be seen in, not after the incident. She tried to sue Stephen King, you know. The way the red liquid stained her gown, stained her mind. It was an embarrassment beyond comprehension, far more than even the worst nosebleed in elementary school during the talent show with all the parents watching, filming.” I studied the frozen image. “But that is her, so the question we must ask ourselves is, what message is that dress trying to convey?”
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