Joanna's eyes welled with tears as she shook her head. "Please," she asked. "Please accept my apologies."
"You ought to hush up about that sorry." Anna snapped.
"Leave her alone, Anna. Come watch out for my injuries." Miguel expressed, preventing Anna from making further moves to Joanna.
Anna looked among Miguel and Joanna, her demeanor conflicted between outrage and concern. At long last, she got some distance from Joanna and went to Miguel's side, taking a tissue from her pocket to spot at the blood on his brow.
"Please accept my apologies, Miguel," she mumbled. "I shouldn't have yelled that way. Is it true that you are OK?"
Miguel didn't say anything, his eyes actually fixed on Joanna. "Get out," he said, his voice low and hazardous.
Joanna ran up the steps to her room and when sh
