“Sometimes what you know is right isn’t what everyone else wants to do,” he said. “Then you have to ask yourself if you’re willing to live with the consequences of doing what you know is wrong just to keep the peace.” I swallowed hard. “I couldn’t do that.” He smiled darkly. “Is that so? Why?” I tried to square my shoulders and look more confident than I was. “Because I’d rather be seen as a traitor by everyone else than betray myself like that.”
