Nia didn’t tell Penelope or anybody what she saw on Anna’s body, she didn’t think it was her place to do so, she just hoped that it was simply her own thoughts running wild and Anna was actually not being physically abused. She still tried to talk with Anna who constantly was rejecting Nia’s hand in friendship.
But all that changed one day when Anna found Nia in tears in the library, she was not openly wailing but the water works just did not stop, she was resting her head on the window, staring out into space and did not notice Anna opposite her, Anna was shocked, she had never seen Nia so distraught or sad before so she did not know what to do. She sat opposite her on the chair by the far end of the library, where Anna would always be whenever she wanted to be away from people. Anna had
