After that nasty drama with Lucas that morning, Abby felt used and diminished, but since she didn’t want to get into more trouble with him, she chose silence as her best option. She chose to focus on her studies and be with her friend Jake, who wouldn’t betray her and make her feel like she was worthless. That evening, she even spoke to her mom about what happened and her mom was so furious. She wanted to go to school and meet her teachers, but Abby was against the idea because she thought it would only make it worse.
“No, mom. If you go to school, I will be called all sorts of names. I will be okay, despite that, we will soon be closing school and I won’t have to deal with him anymore.” She declined her mom’s offer and Emma nodded in agreement.
“Okay, but at least tell me you can take
