Fracture Me (Shatter Me, #2.5)

by Tahereh Mafi

“I said Warner is gone. Everyone is saying he escaped last night.” Just the sound of his name and I’m already pissed off.

Honestly valid

“I don’t call you Addie in front of anyone else!” James says, protesting before I have a chance to. “I don’t know why it makes you so mad. You said you loved it when Mom called you Addie. Why can’t I?”

Protect him at all costs

My clothes are so wet I feel like I’ve pissed my pants.

So eloquent

“Okay then. Let’s go get our girl back.” “My girl,” I correct him. “She’s my girl.” Kenji snorts as we head in the direction of the compounds. “Right. Minus the part where she’s not actually your girl. Not anymore.”

I pick him up, cradling his body in my arms as I carry him back to the tank, and only then realize that the wet stain down the front of his pants isn’t from the rain.

This is the third reference to pee in 30 pages. What's going on?