"Finally you are starting to stand up for yourself!" Elsie breathed out in excitement, ignoring Lily and her family's glares toward her.
"Come, let's go to the kitchen. You must be hungry. Did you get the phone?" Aunt Bianca asked as she led her away from the living room.
Lily couldn't feel her legs. She couldn't believe Ariana had just said those things to her. She could hear Ariana's voice ring in her head. The girl had just called her homeless. Ariana had picked her fingers into Lily's past.
Lily lowered herself into the seat closest to her and closed her eyes as anger slowly started to burn within her. She couldn't let this little thing repeat itself. Wherever she thought she was getting the strength from must be stopped before Lily lost total control.
"Mom, let's go talk in the ro
