Cynthia Dion:
"That's enough, father!" I shouted as I lunged and pulled my sister away from him.
"I was never going to leave her behind," I retorted through tears. Didn't he see the redness on my skin? Didn't he care?
"You couldn't wait until I got home? I get picked on every single day. School life is already terrible. Everyone is a damn bully. Every little thing I do, I get picked on for days. Couldn't you spare me this one time? Now I'll be a hot topic for weeks. I'll suffer all because of you." It felt liberating to express my emotions and say what I had been bottling up in my heart.
Dad unveiled the last blow he had been reserving: "Don't worry, you won't be facing them because you're not going to school anymore," he stated, pointing at me and then at Flora, who immediately burst
