"I wasn't jealous!" Tally protests. "Well, maybe a little, but David pursued me." A thousand old mental arguments with Shay rise up within her, but she squashes them down. "He told me I was beautiful, even though I was ugly. He gave me gloves to protect my hands, which was a big deal in the Smoke, since you had to barter for stuff there. Anyway, Shay got mad at me, partly because I told her that I had a crush back in the city to cover for my tracker, because it was a heart-shaped locket. She was like, how come you're stealing my boyfriend when you have another crush?" Tally laughs bitterly. "I told David that's what the tracker was, too, and threw it in the fire to show him that I wanted to be with him, not go back. And I meant it."