Chapter Three
On the third day after my strange discussion with Nathan, I put on a sundress in the morning instead of my jeans. I could tell myself then that it wasn't Nathan prompting my change in wardrobe, but even I didn't quite believe that lie. His suggestion teased me till I was anxious, till I was tied up in knots and cold as ice. But when I thawed, when I had released the strangle hold on my mind and was thinking freely again, gentle reminders of his suggestion filtered through and I'd hear the words he'd so casually spoken.
Reaction formation: that state where a negative reaction becomes so fixed it places an impenetrable barrier between a simple idea and its execution. The reaction is completely out of proportion to the reality of the deed, becoming a raging grizzly when on
