Still at Mia's schoolMajority of the students present in the hallway began to curse Mia, throwing all sorts of accusations at her but Mia didn't even respond in the slightest way. She wasn't moved by any of it as she remained in her kneeling position and kept on observing the boy.She was watching him very closely and then she tangled her fingers together before she pressed on his chest two times.The boy whom everyone thought was dead coughed out, he was still finding it difficult to breath,He slowly opened his eyes ."What's happening?" He said very slowly, he was struggling to talk and it was then that the ambulance the principal called arrived. Mia stood up from the floor and went to return the instruments she took from the laboratory."Mia you were great out there, I have never been so proud of you. You are a heroine" I hugged Mia as I helped her point out the spot she took the acid from."Thank you but he isn't well yet" Mia had a faint smile.
At Mia's orphanage.Mia's troubles seemed to be endless as she went from one issue to the other. Lakshmi dropped her off at the orphanage and waved her by when Mia began to perceive smoke.She looked at the orphanage and it didn't seem to be on fire, she went in and found some kids playing as usual.But something didn't settle well with her, when one of the staff went into the kitchen to prepare a meal for the kids, she turned on the electric cooker.Some kids were playing and they ran towards her in the kitchen."You can't catch me now" the little girl hugged the lady's waist as the boy she was playing with tried to go around the lady to get to the little girl.There was an electric problem and the first thing to catch fire was the curtain that covered the kitchen window. The lady tried to put it out by pointing water she got from the sink but that only made it worse and the fire began to spread.They tried to escape but the fire had spread quickly, surr
At the orphanageThe entire kitchen had burnt down and there was almost nothing left except for the lady whose arms were firmly wrapped around the two kids.Seeing this, the ladies who were restricting Mia freed her at once."Oh Aunty, I thought I would die there. Thank you for saving us" the little girl who survived the fire incident ran out of the kitchen to embrace one of the ladies that stood outside in amazement.The lady inside the fire was coughing along with the two kids who had survived the fire. They didn't last longer as they passed out.The fire department had arrived and they came to quench the remaining fire while the victims were rushed to the hospital. Mia isolated herself and went into her room, shutting the door behind her.The ladies who were restricting her earlier began to feel guilty as one of them tried to go and appease Mia but she didn't open the door for anyone.Mia was drowned in her thought, she began to feel like anywhere she
Lakshmi's POVI returned to my quiet and lonely home once again, at least that was what I expected the atmosphere to be like. My parents would have gone to work and I won't see them for another week or even a month.I rolled my eyes in disappointment and threw my school bag to God knows where, I was so sure a maid will come pick it up."You are not going to bring that boy to this house. I will never allow you to insult our marriage in such a disgusting way" my mum was running after my dad who was quickly making his way down the stairs."Veer! Veer!" My mum called out to him but he didn't reply."Veer I said stop there right now or else you will be signing divorce papers very soon" my mum threatened and finally she got my dad's attention."Really?" My dad was more than shocked as he turned around to look at my mum who had successfully made her way downstairs.My mum was about to say something when she noticed me standing at the entrance of the house s
Lakshmi almost forgot about the issue that was waiting for her at home, she really enjoyed spending her time with Mia and she wished Mia could come stay with them."What was the secret that you found out your parents had been keeping from you?" Mia suddenly remembered as the girls were discussing during their free period." I have a step sibling" Lakshmi was disappointed that Mia had to remember her after she had been trying her best not to think about it"That's a good thing, you have always wanted another sister or brother, is it a boy or a girl?" Mia was inquisitive.Lakshmi's POV"It's a boy, I think" I responded and Mia nodded at me, signifying that she understood what I just said."Mia, I don't think I am supposed to be happy about having a step brother. A step brother means… I was saying." I know what step brother means, it means he is the biological child of only one of your parents " Mia interrupted me and I gave her a smile, caressing her hair.
Ever since Alyssa joined Mia's school. Life in the school had never been the same again, from one horrible event to the other and all were always targeted towards Mia.Alyssa was so nice to everyone that almost everyone in school became her friend and no one would ever think that Alyssa would try to hurt anyone. Mia was trying to make her way down the school staircase with Alyssa at the bottom.Suddenly, Mia missed a step and was about to trip when Caleb came to catch her on time. The disappointed look on Alyssa's face could barely go unnoticed."Are you okay?" Caleb was still holding Mia in his arms with everybody staring at them as if watching a movie."I'm fine" Mia responded and tried to get herself on the ground but she had twisted her ankle so badly and he had to carry her bridal style down the stairs.He made her sit on a bench as he removed her shoes and socks before he tightly grabbed her foot with one hand while his other hand was wrapped around he
After an intensive one week training with Lakshmi, Mia was finally ready for the speed debate. It was very good for Mia since she needed to enhance her communication skill and she needed to learn how to talk faster.Somehow, Lakshmi was able to use beats to make Mia talk faster, she taught Mia how to follow the beats to talk faster."I think I'm rapping" Mia looked at Lakshmi who was in front of her."Maybe, just get out there and make me proud" Lakshmi tried to motivate Mia who clearly didn't need motivation."Okay" she shrugged and sat down with other debaters and when two had already spoken it was Alyssa's turn, for some reason Alyssa the deaf girl decided to join the contest. Mia could hardly breathe when she passed by her.So far, Alyssa had been the best speaker since she said a total of 1000 words in under 5 minutes and Mia didn't even think that was humanly possible."With all protocols duly observed my name is Mia and I am here to.." Mia was sta
Mara's POV"Yes mum, we learnt alot in school today" I swallowed a huge chunk of my saliva before I got myself to lie to my mother."You can drop the act now Mara. I already know that you have been out of school for the past 2 weeks , your teacher called me today" my mum's voice was breaking and I knew she was saddened by the fact that she was so helpless."But there was really no need for you to lie to me all this while" a tear escaped from her eye.I went to where she was and embraced her."I'm really sorry mum, I didn't want to make you worry. You already do alot for us to survive and I didn't want to add to your pains. But look on the bright side mum, I have been doing so many jobs that I managed to save up" I lied to my mum again bringing out the cash from my school bag, I even managed to sell off that lady's purse on my way back home."Oh my!" My mum was shocked beyond reasonable doubt, she couldn't believe her eyes, she was happy but only for a moment