16 Cyra Everyone is acting like I’ll explode again, but I’m too tired for it. The interview was supposed to help us, but now I’m not so sure anymore. Sure, Max was able to point out all the lies my parents have been telling, but that doesn’t solve anything when for some reason people now believe my parents even more. That shouldn’t have happened, but it did. We all went to bed quietly on Saturday evening, probably way too exhausted from everything that happened. And then, yesterday, we all just did our own things. I spent most of the day in the small bedroom, staying away from any news sources and reading up on books on children’s development. But every couple of minutes, my mind would wander and I’d go back to thinking about my own future. How I’m going to get through of all of this,

