After Jenna tells Ethan about her past, she thinks, “What have I done? I should have kept quiet. Listened to Mother. To Lily. I want to take back every word, but it is too late”(Pearson 164). In this quote, Jenna shows regret towards telling Ethan, because she now realizes how much danger she put her family in. If Jenna were to get reported to the FSEB, her entire family would be in major trouble with the law, as they broke the point barrier five times over. In this sense, the decision by Jenna’s parents to not tell her about her past led to a decreased chance of their secret getting out, which in turn protected both Jenna and her