"Hey, Alicia, why do you look so down today?" Kyla, who had just finished showering after Alicia, walked into the bedroom and saw her sister lying down, playing on her phone, so she asked. The usual brightness was absent, and she wondered what problem Alicia had encountered since she seemed fine in the morning.
"It's nothing. It's just that the last term is packed with studies, and the teachers are piling on the work, so I'm tired."
Alicia chose to lie to her sister because she didn't want to worry her. Moreover, she couldn't share this kind of problem with anyone. Even though her sister Kyla was like a mother to her, she wouldn't let the secret slip out under any circumstances.
"Hang in there, you'll be done with school soon."
"I am hanging in there," she said, snuggling closer to res
