"Harmony?"
Mother walks in without knocking
and I frown at her.
"What?"
She gives me a look
that I can't figure out
before perching on the edge of my bed.
"Come here?"
She pats the empty space
next to her.
I pause.
Orsai used to say
Mother was "a nosy bitch,
always poking her nose
where it didn't belong"
and that she thought Mother
spied on us
or tried to eavesdrop
on our secret conversations.
So I hesitate.
But I can't for long
without making her suspicious
so I walk over
and sit down.
"You rushed up to your room
when you came back from school,
I didn't get the chance to
ask you how your day was..."
She trails off,
expecting me to answer.
I'm carefully expressionless.
"It was good.
Normal."
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Savor The Moonlight - Book 1 | ✔
Short Story[completed] Harmony is empty. She doesn't speak out, nor does she do anything that could possibly spark her father and step mother's rage. Besides, isn't it better to stay quiet than to deal with the fall-out caused by expressing h...
