Bellia’s Point Of View
Keegan called me before our dismissal; he said hello and said he misses me, as well as his family that I haven’t been to. But even before our conversation was over, I told him something that he should not tell others, especially my parents. Except for Gabriel that I trust in all things, and so Keegan, too.
I was alone in the oval, sitting on the floor while there were those running candidates for a competition this month. We had our third subject when Gabriel came in, and I did not ask why he didn’t come in right away because I already knew what he was going to say. Until the dismissal, he left me; that was also his reason, nothing new.
“Be with us.”
I took a deep breath and hugged my two legs together. I thought carefully about how I would respond to Bianca’s of
