Though Tally doesn’t accept responsibility earlier in the story, towards the end she realizes that she has no other choice. This very telling quote suggests that Tally’s truth will hurt the people she loves, but a lie will forever hurt them. However, it’s already too late, and her lie has caused so much damage in the process.
David’s parents, Maddy and Az, worked on a way to control the lesions that Special Circumstances put into the new “pretties’” brains. However, Special Circumstances started taking citizens of The Smoke, including Az and Shay. Maddy, David, and Tally try to convince her to take the cure that Maddy and Az have made, but she doesn’t want to. She believes that the pills will mess up her brain, not realizing that Dr. Cable
David’s parents, Maddy and Az, worked on a way to control the lesions that Special Circumstances put into the new “pretties’” brains. However, Special Circumstances started taking citizens of The Smoke, including Az and Shay. Maddy, David, and Tally try to convince her to take the cure that Maddy and Az have made, but she doesn’t want to. She believes that the pills will mess up her brain, not realizing that Dr. Cable