MIA’S POV:
The days passed by with us sneaking around back and forth from the school corridors to the ancient oak tree at the back to Elijah’s house to the locker rooms until December came and snow rested itself on everything in this town. Hot chocolates, warm blankets were something foreign to me as for me there was a damp apartment with a leaking ceiling making it impossible for me to sleep at nights. The snow was covering the entire town like a warm blanket with chilly winds defying its personification. I was getting ready for school with the same old ragged clothes I had. They were not even warm enough and that’s why I always abhorred winters.
“Mia, cover yourself with this,” My mother came out of the bedroom giving me her sweater and she herself was turning blue with the dampness in
