[vii]

I ate breakfast in silence. Dad gave mom a kiss on both cheeks then to her lips, before leaving for the school meeting. My sister and I followed him to the car telling him to buy some chocolate on his way back. 

Dad is the chancellor of Howard Paine university, mom and dad say, we will sturdy there after high school. It is my turn to do the dishes, mom created a duty roaster for us because Jenner is a lazy bone when it comes to house chores but when it comes to sturdy, she is the best, So intelligent and brilliant, I'm also, my teacher has said it severely but I learned it from her. 

"Baby is something bothering you? mom asks, putting the plates she was carrying in the dishwasher. 

"I'm fine", I sigh. 

"No, you don't look fine to me". I don't know what to say so I pulled my shirt up, exposing my stomach to her. 

Her eyes widen as she sights the mark on my stomach "Oh my goodness! a mark, she gasped. 

"It's beautiful! Jenner squeaks from behind and I shoot her an irritating glance before turning to mom."Mom is something wrong with me, it has not been there last year and I feel terrible about it, '' I say in a soft cry. 

"Honey nothing is wrong with you okay? everything is gonna be alright," mom assured me while touching the mark. 

Jenner walks closer and wraps her hands around me "Don't worry about that thing is, mom, dad and I love you okay. 

Mom pulled down my shirt "Nobody should know or see that ...mom instructs pointing at my stomach. "Come here girls, she adds, opening her arms to us. We all hug and I felt safe in the embrace. It made me forget some of my lonely times.