Chapter 21

• Emery
• I am very concerned about Ora. Something is going on and I would like to know about it. I tried to avoid her during class but when I asked her a question, her eyes were closed and tears ran down her cheeks. At that moment, nothing else mattered around me and I went straight to her. She had her hand in a fist and she clutched her pen so tightly with her other hand that I could see her knuckles whitened. She looked in pain. I crouched down beside her and I placed my hand on hers, unfisting it and she looked at me. There was pain and sadness.
• That broke my heart because I didn’t know what was wrong. Usually, in this case, it could be that something happened, perhaps it could be a past trauma. It could be about her parents but I wanted to know from her. She just rushed out of the classroom when she finally realized where she was and everyone’s attention was on her.