His eyes widen at my cheek, stained ruby red with blood, pain, and tears."What happened?" he asks, somehow compelling me to betray the truth."Ms. Lim, uh, slapped me," I finish in a whisper, choked gasps escaping me as a fresh wave of pain enters my body.I can still feel them, the nails as they dug into my cheek. My hand throbs also, but it nothing against this blinding terror, coupled with the agony."If I don't finish cleaning the entire orphanage tomorrow, which I won't, then she will deprive me of food for the next week! And I only have about three or four dollars in my account at school.""That's all?" he asks suspiciously, and I gaze into his emerald eyes without a word.He nods, taking my hand in his, staring at the bruise that was starting to form."I'll help you out of this, Shaba," he determines, swirling his soothing fingers around the purple splotch,
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