Divide| Part 2
Patiently waiting to reach the school, Emma stared at the road, the cars, and the buildings. Trapped in her mind, with music in her ears, her mother drove her to school. A pair of fingers snapped a couple of times in front of her, she took off her earbuds and turned to face her mother. "How have you been, sweetie?" She said, a cigarette in her mouth, bags in her eyes, and a weak smile. "Fine" Emma replied returning her face to the window and getting lost on the streets. "lovely weather this morning, don't you think?" "It's not bad" "...How is school? any trouble with your grades?" "Shouldn't you know?" "Right, right..." The traffic intensified and they got stuck in the noise for a moment, the silence was heavy and the awkwardness was almost palpable. Things had been like that fo
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