The Punishment
Chapter 1: Bad Grades
I forced a smile, but inside I was screaming. Another F? On my resit? Not possible. Even my teacher had said if I couldn't manage this test (dumbed down for me) then I was as useless as a screen door on a submarine... What would my Mom say?
I stole up the half-scrawled essay, adamant I wasn't this dumb. A journalist, I wanted to be. Maybe I'll go into stripping instead… it's good money…
Over these past two years, I've realised what dreams really are. Just dreams. Reality stamps its foot straight over your 'dreams'. I hurried home, red-faced and bawling.
My Mom had always been strict. It w