The Witness

by Nora Roberts

“The man who steals a loaf of bread,” Brooks continued without missing a beat, “because he’s starving and desperate shouldn’t be treated the same as the one who steals it planning to sell it at a profit.”

Not if some overprivileged asshole can do whatever the hell he wants and I’m supposed to look the other way.”

“I haven’t finished correcting your inaccuracies,”

“Organized religion has an unfortunate history of fostering violence.”

So this is what a mother does. She touches you, or holds you, just because. For no important reason.

“That’s an inaccurate conclusion based on faulty criteria,”