She went to her house, took a wash. She saw the bruises forming. She got ready to face her mum. Her mum got home.
She said, “honey, I am home.”
She slowly made her way to her mum and said, “we need to talk.”
Her mum turned to face her. She saw her busted lip and bruises all around her.
Her mum immediately asked, “honey, what happened?”
She said, “I got into a fight.”
Her mum told her in a loving tone, “honey, can you tell me what happened?”
She replied, “mum, don’t panic okay? Please.”
Her mum said instantly, “okay.”
She told her the Alex situation. She replied,
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
She said, “I wanted to not make it a big deal.”
Her mum screamed, “IT’S A BIG DEAL.”
She said, “calm down, okay. I like this place. I didn’t want to get expelled.”
Her mum replied caressing
