Grace was at the dinner table when the maid brought her food. She always ate spaghetti in the morning with two fried eggs, but today, she demanded just cooked eggs only.
Rita: it is unlike you to eat cooked eggs in the morning, is all well my child.
Her mother Rita is a business single mother whose job requires her to move to different cities almost every year. They have never stayed more than a year in the place.
Grace: It's nothing, Mother. I'm just feeling nervous. It's my first day in another school twice in one year.
Rita: Why, nervous shouldn't you be used to it by now.
Grace: That is not something I want to get used to.
Rita: Well, you have to because if I don't work, then we will be poor, and trust me, I've been through that, and it is not good, So now eat up I'll drop you off on my way to my new office ,I hope they like me here.
Grace: They always do.
Grace wasn't wrong her mother had this charm to her it's almost like Magic She is so loved that she gets promoted each time ,Grace was also blessed with the same charm, All the schools she's been in,she received nothing but love as well,but moving a lot is something she doesn't like.
IN RITA'S CAR
Rita is a very slow driver she believes in safety first, even if you have to be late ,she claims driving too fast took her husband away,that was the story she always told, but Grace knew for a fact that it was a lie but her father was a big pain in the ass, that's why they just thought of him as as dead, Rita's phone rings and she packed aside to answer it, Grace knew she will be going to school late again, yes it has happened before in fact it's like a ritual that Grace misses the first class everything, it was an urgent call Rita says and droved to the office with Grace waiting in the car for her to come back minutes later the first class was officially over that was when rita that came.
Rita: I'll explain to the school.
Like she always does, because as the arrived at the school the principle is smiling ear to ear as Rita explained why they had to be late and just like that she was off the hook, on her way to the classroom she suddenly had to use the bathroom maybe it's was the egg she thought to herself, she was already done when someone entered the bathroom she looked through a hole in the bathroom door and she saw a pale looking girl with brown long hair but her body was filled with bruises, this girl was trying to remove the Band-Aid and change another but she was in pain shading tears as the bandaid came off, Grace was so touched by this, she didn't even know when she came out and helped the girl to put the Bandaid her body was so cold like a corpse the girl said thank you but grace didn't respond and I just walked out,in the hallway her heart was pounding with anger, who could have done this to this girl and was the school aware of this she thought to herself ,she got to the class and sat down seconds later the girl from the bathroom came in as well, we were we are in the same class good I will find out what happened to her from the others ,she said herself ,the teacher introduced grace to the classroom.
Teacher:This is your new classmate Grace she is new to town, although she missed the first class she's now here, say hi grace.
Grace: Hi, I'm grace (standing up)
Teacher: Good, she's Grace (the class slapped). Sit back down, Miss Grace.
Grace noticed the girl looking at her, but she didn't say anything after school. Grace asked some of the classmates about the girl.
Classmate 1: Her name is Amara she lives with her family, and rumour says they beat her up almost every day, and she works in a store it's around your house, and I think.
Grave: Oh, okay, thank you, but how did you know where I live.
Classmate 2: It's a small town.
her name was Amara, Brown long hair, brown eyes pale bruised skin, she looks so tiny Grace wasn't much of a Giant but compared to Amara she was, grace took the school bus home like she always does,although her mother was against it she just can't wait in school until she was done with work, when Grace got home she took her bath changed her clothes wearing a puff jacket and long sport pants she looked for the store where a amara worked she had all already gone to five different stores by now, and finally she found it, standing by the roadside she saw amara looking into the air, she entered into the store and the bell rang bringing a amara out of her trance, Grace was holding a chocolate bar although she doesn't eat chocolate she asked how much it was.
Grace: How much for the chocolate bar.
Amara: It's 13 dollars.
Grace: Okay, I'll take two then, please.
Amara: Okay, that will be 26 dollars.
Grace paid and took the chocolate bar and left ,when she got outside her has started pounding again not only did they beat her, they also made her work, Grace was very angry,so she took the matter to her mother to ask for advice.
Rita: That's fucked up,excuse my language.
Grace: It's okay mother it is fucked up.
Julie: But if the school knows about this, why not tell the police or call child support. (their maid said).
Rita: Maybe it's the child's fault.
Grace: How can you say that.
Rita: No, what I meant was maybe she doesn't want to be separated from her family.
Grace: That's crazy you really think so?
Rita: Yes, the only way to help her is if you want.
Grace: Of course I was to.
Rita: Then you have to talk to her, be her friend.
Grace: But how she barely talks.
Julie: It's you miss Grace. You always have a way.
And it was true Grace always had her own way of working with issues like this it's not going to be a big deal for her.