"I have an important announcement. I want to continue my studies in a normal public school this year." EIGHTEEN WORDS, and the whole dining room were suddenly filled with deafening silence as I utter my thoughts in a stoic manner. All five of them stared at me with shocked expressions painted on each of their faces. The clock seemed to stop abruptly because they did not move immediately within that particular moment. "Did we just heard you right, darling?" mama instantly asked so I nodded. "Are you sure, lil sis?" I shifted my gaze towards my older brother, Matthew. But just as what I replied to mom, I also shook my head yes to him in response. "Tell us a good reason why we would we allow that," Papa spoke in his deep, baritone voice. He even dropped the cutleries he was holding above

