MILDRED
UGLY BIRDIE TO SWAN
Ophelia was in the closet when I stepped in the next afternoon for my classes the next day.
She smiled up at me and paid a space for me to sit on the sofa.
"How are you feeling?" Her smiles were radiant.
"Good. Better now I'm here Ms. Blackwood has her snappy days." I chuckled and Ophelia laughed nicely.
"Turn it in!" She gestured to the diary in my hand.
I hesitated knowing the number of ugly things I had in there. They were horrible and I never considered reading them the second time.
"You don't look happy. What did you write?"
I shrugged and handed her the diary. It didn't matter anyway.
I plopped beside Ophelia and watched her as she flipped to the first page of the diary.
My gaze was on my fingers as I listened to her as she read out the w
