"She didn't. She doesn't back up what you are saying!"
"Oh yes, she did. She was the one who even told the woman to back off!"
Beatrice continues to smile. "She didn't, did you, dear?" She looks at Lucea.
Lucea sighs. "No, I did not."
"What?" Ruth stops walking to turn to her older sister. "Why are you doing this? We saw the wolf and the woman! Why are you denying it?"
"I didn't see anything," Lucea says again.
The two sisters' rooms are next to each other. Ruth's room is the first one they reach.
"You go to your room and sleep that tiredness away. I want you to wake up fresh tomorrow because you are going to school."
"I don't want to sleep in my room."
"Why?" Beatrice frowns.
"I am scared. What if that woman comes again? I am sleeping in Lucea's room!"
"My, my, this is serious
