My mother has a round face, a face where when she smiles it looks like the simplest movement in the world, effortless, the smile where her cheeks would rise and relax anyone in an instant. I missed it more than anything especially since now she had a look of fury stuck on her face. It was difficult to explain to her my reasons for my delay from my school trip when I didn't arrive with the school, she'd often cut me off interrupting me every time I'd mention something that she considered dangerous. Luckily with the help of Janet, we were able to explain about Hirosha and how he wasn't the 'hostile' person my mother's overreacting imagination had started to frame in her mind. My face was shadowed with disappointment when I didn't see my Dad alongside my Mom, she told me that he's away at wor
