Clever Girl – Excerpt
“I know this is going to be hard for you,” he was saying. “You will be completely alone except for me. Your fellow comrades may even think you’re a traitor. But the Party would not ask this sacrifice of you if it were not vitally important.”
There was something that appealed to her about this, too, this notion of a tough job that called for self-sacrifice. Wasn’t this part of old-fashioned Christian ideals? Wasn’t this part of her New England upbringing? Didn’t her ancestors make sacrifices for what they believed in? Timmy pulled the car over in front of her apartment building and watched her as she thought this through. Then his hard look softened, and he smiled. Bentley found herself drawn to him. “Good night,” he said. “Sleep well.” Of course, she didn’t.
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