Chapter 4


    Tired of her meaningless and fruitless effort, she used her hand to carry the strand and ce it at


    its rightful ce behind her, just where it belonged. Even though she had achieved her goal, she still


    felt a sense of defeat, like she lost to the strand.


    She quickly pulled herself together, realising the goal she was neglecting.


    “School! I should start getting ready” She mumbled.


    Without wasting more time than what she had done already, she darted toward the bathroom to


    freshen up.


    She brushed her teeth while staring at her reflection in the mirror directly facing her, a habit she


    had cultivated ever since she was little. Without this little truck, she never managed to take care of her


    teeth properly.


    She red at the unruly hair she had on, noticing blue strands appearing among the


    predominantly ck colour.


    “It''s happening again, uh?” She thought to herself.


    She quickly finished up with her teeth and went to take her bath, brushing off the thought of her


    hair. It was something she didn’t want to bother with so early in the morning. She had more important


    things to think about. For example, her perfect attendance record.


    “Better hurry up!” She said under her breath.


    After thirty minutes and her daughter was still not downstairs, Roxanne’s mother had stopped


    checking the time.


    “She’s never been this tardy before. I wonder…”


    As her thoughts trailed off, she suddenly heard a ringing sounding from the table in front of


    her. The ringtone and vibrations from her smartphone made the woman snap from her thoughts on her


    daughter as she quickly reached for her phone.


    Her eyes tightened and her lips pursed when she saw the number calling her. It was unsaved, but


    she recognized the person the number belonged to. She tightened her left fist as her right hands


    trembled slightly as she saw it.


    “Just leave me alone… Please…” She muttered as she stared hard at the number, waiting for the


    call to time out.


    Her moment of wait seemed like forever, until finally the call ended without her answering. She


    took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and clutched her chest. She heaved a sigh of relief, but at


    the same time, sadness. She didn’t know how to feel, or what to do.


    Her phone suddenly started ringing again, startling her for a bit as the vibrations could be felt from


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    her body since the phone was close to her chest. She quickly nced at the phone and saw yet the


    same number. She made a deep scowl as she stared intensely at the digits disyed on the device.


    “Ohhh, who’s got mum so upset this early in the morning?” Roxanne’s voice suddenly appeared.


    Roxanne’s mother’s skin jumped from the sound of her voice, nearly dropping her phone due to


    her sudden appearance. She quickly grabbed it and ced it back on the table, while appearing to


    maintain a semnce of normalcy.


    “Oh, that? That was just work. Some annoying client just won’t get off my back” Her mother said


    with a slight smile, obviously she was faking it.


    Roxanne stared hard at her mother and observed her face. Her now brown eyes, thanks to contact


    lenses, focused on her Mom’s expression.


    Her mother’s eyes twitched and her lips pursed while her fingers moved irrationally, tapping on the


    she sat on. This only happened when her mother was being dishonest about something.


    “She’s lying,” Roxanne thought to herself.


    Her mother’s work involved bookkeeping and ounting, so she never had to deal with customers


    or clients. She worked for a veryrgepany, so she only answered to her superiors, which were


    very few. Besides, since the time she knew her mother, she had never once received any calls from


    ‘annoying clients’.


    Something was definitely fishy, but she had no right to pry or judge her mother. After all, she was


    keeping a few secrets of her own.