Precious could only be silent. She looked at her mother and her eyes looked doubtful about something. Precious continued to wonder if she should say anything, but fear gnawed at her heart. Even though she was very burdened by all the secrets she had kept from her mother, Precious still could not tell.
Her biggest fear is that her mother will be disappointed in her and will blame herself for it.
So Precious just looked at her mother and smiled while saying "Nothing happened, everything's fine."
Although that sounds like a lie spoken to refuse to tell the truth or a denial. In fact Precious is telling the truth, nothing has happened and everything is fine or in other words she will make everything look like nothing happened. Precious will correct all her mistakes and bury them, even if i
