Breaking up with Lee wasn't like breaking up with any other boy. Well to be fair, dating Lee wasn't like dating any other boy. His Uncle's teas had caught the eye and the tastebuds of some government big-wig. He had offered them the chance of a lifetime – shop in the upper ring. complete creative control. The big wig had even sorted out their papers for them. Lee was leaving.
Lee was saying that even though he would be in the upper ring and she was staying here...they could still keep on seeing each other. She knew he was a good climber. He could scale the walls and come down and visit her.
He meant it too – Jin could tell.
He wasn't the sort of boy who would offer something like that and not mean it. But the Dai Li were everywhere now. Their oppressive presence had spread through the city like the fog in wintertime. She didn't want Lee taking those sort of risks for her.
Jin told him, as gently and kindly as she could, that as soon as he moved to the upper ring they would have to stop seeing each other. It hurt her to say it, but she knew she was doing the right thing.
It was such a shame though.
Jin had really liked this one.