The Rejected Alpha
She stared at the pencil in my hand like I was trying to hand her a grenade.
"What?" I asked. "It's just a pencil, please take it, and write stuff out, what's wrong with you? You gotta tell us what happened to you out there." I tried to convince her while still holding out the pencil.
Still, she refused to take it, just staring at me with a blank expression.
"Evelyn, the pencil is not gonna bite you, just take it. And here's some paper, you can write in the corner here. Please."
Reluctantly, she took the pencil from my hand and together we talked to the dining table and she sat down. I placed the sheet in front of her and expected her to start scribbling down right away.
Bab Populer