You And Me Against The World | ✅

Chapter 6

I'm shocked. I did not see that coming. I place my hand over my mouth and stare at Jeanine like she just lost her mind. I turn my head to the left to look at my parents. Both are shocked, but they quickly control themselves and avoid any kind of eye contact with anyone, including themselves. I can tell it's uncomfortable for them.

So, Jeanine is in love with my dad, always has been. She is totally pissed that my mom married him. She wants revenge and hides behind the divergent-thing. What a bitch!

"Silence!" Jack shouts a few times and then the crowd seems to calm down.

"Let us go back to what you said. You said that you are in love with councilman Prior and that someone stole him away from you. Is that right?"

"Yes."

"Is that someone by any chance his wife, Natalie Prior?"

"Yes," she says with venom in her voice.

"Wouldn't that mean that you have a grudge against Mrs. Prior?"

"Yes," she says now glaring at my mother.

"Just because Mrs. Prior got to marry Mr. Prior doesn't mean that she is divergent. Why do you think she is?"

"Because I observed her. And when I saw the aptitude test results of their children I knew for certain," she says and I know I'm busted. She will tell everyone that I'm divergent. "Her daughter Beatrice is divergent, just like she is." I can literally feel every pair of eyes staring at me. Tobias grabs my hand and squeezes a little too hard, but I don't mind. He is here with me and that's all I need to know.

"Silence," Jack shouts again. He looks at me and I think I see compassion in his eyes, but I'm not sure. He turns to face Jeanine.

"Alright, lets summarize what we have learnt so far," he says mockingly "first, in your opinion, divergents are people who don't fit anywhere, but are not always factionless but indeed live in a faction that annuls your statement that divergents can't fit somewhere. Second, divergents are a danger to the system and our society because they can't be controlled, although no divergent tried to actually harm the system or our society as far as you can tell. Third, you planned on killing innocent people because you believed they harbored divergents. Forth, you conspired not only to kill members of Abnegation but to overthrow the government, who, as you always said it in the articles published by Erudite failed to do its duty to the people of this city, something that yet needs to be proven. Fifth, you actually designed and manufactured a serum that takes one person's free will away and lets you control that person to do your own bidding. And you started this entire vendetta against divergents because one woman who happens to be divergent, at least that's what you said, stole a man from you, who I'm not really sure ever belonged to you. Have I missed something?"

"No," she answers.

"As far as I can tell, you used the general misconception about divergents to your own personal advantage to take revenge on a person that supposedly stole the love of your life from you. Also, you say that divergents are a threat to the system and yet you admit that you wanted to overthrow the government because it became inefficient. Why are you any better than the divergents, who by the way never tried to overthrow the government? I'll tell you, all of you, she is not. She is just a very ambitious criminal."

Jack motions to the two guards who brought Jeanine to take her back to her cell.

The crowd starts cheering. I understand why. Jack's reasoning is flawless. The fact that throughout this interrogation he defended divergents makes me believe that he knows someone that is divergent or maybe he himself is one.