NIRELLE The woman looks at me as if I am asking something that is forbidden in the house. "Well?" I urge because I need answers from her. "I do not know, ma'am; I guess you'd have to discuss that with Mr. Theo," she said and gently guided me out of the kitchen. I stand with the door shut in my face, unsure of what to do. I return to my room and sit on the chair I had fallen asleep on earlier in the morning. Once I am still, I feel the pain from the position I have taken fill my entire neck and back. I wonder why I was just feeling it now. I stare out at the morning sky and watch the sun come up gently. I sigh at the beautiful sky as I realise it has been years since I last saw the sun like this. Enoch and Yvette had made me stop going immediately after high school. There was no way the

