VITTORIA touched the thick glass enclosure where the rays are clustered together. Her face were inches away from the glass.
“What are you doing?”
From the stingrays, her eyes went to her classmate.
It was Joanna. She had pigtails on both sides of her head. They have been in the same class for two years now. From first grade to second grade.
Joanna told her that her parents were divorced. Her dad married his secretary after he divorced Joanna’s mother.
“I’m looking at the stingrays.” She answered.
“They looked yucky.”
“But they seemed flying in the waters.” She defended.
“Have you seen the jellyfish? They can light up the sea.”
“They are boring.”
“You’re weird sometimes.”
“It’s okay to be weird.”
“Maybe because you have two moms instead of a dad and a mom.”
She glanced at h
