[Did you fight back?]
"...Of course I did, but there were too many of them."
Seeing Nellie glancing around nervously, Bertha knew she was lying.
Nellie was very timid; when she was bullied as a child, she'd only cry and come looking for her by the river for help. So, in Nellie's heart, she had always been her world.
Now, that world had collapsed, and no one was protecting her anymore. One could only imagine how helpless she felt inside.
[Remember, you must fight back. Only then will they understand that you're not someone they can easily pick on.]
Nellie nodded vigorously, "Mm-hmm."
The sisters continued chatting and soon began talking about their parents.
According to her sister, she saw their foster mother secretly crying in the kitchen several times.
Indeed, the entire family's burden now fell on her shoulders alone. Besides helping their foster father with his rehabilitation, she would secretly post their missing brother's flyers on small utility poles by the road.
