MAUREEN
"We don't really need to attend school," Marshan said while putting on her block heels. I glanced at her as I put on my jacket.
"Are you saying that because you're afraid to see Raven again?" I teased her. She pouted at me and gave me a slight glare.
"Why are you asking? Aren't you afraid to see them too?" she replied. I smiled wryly and adjusted the laces of my sneakers.
"I already have Zekovia's word that they won't harm us physically. But it's okay; I've already mastered concealing my emotions."
As we left the house to drop Paeng off at school, we unexpectedly ran into Uncle Wilson at the building's entrance. He approached us and took Paeng's bag from his back.
"I'll be the one to take him to school from now on, and I'll also pick him up," he said. Marshan and I exchanged
