On the sidewalk, she turned on her heel.

"None of that has anything to do with me," she called out. "I never know what's coming next. I just try my hardest and I do what feels right in my gut. So I think about defecting sometimes. Ya got me. You straddle the fence because you were born to. I straddle it because I believe in myself more than anybody else. I trust me." She thumbed her chest.

"If we're supposed to be connected, you get to know me like anybody else. Okay?"