"Do you know? Mom let us go on a pilgrimage to grandpa's grave tomorrow afternoon," I said as I applied watermelon cream on my very dry face.

Terrence was taken aback and looked at me with an extraordinarily strange look. I don't understand why he was so stunned but I thought it was just a casual shock.

"You want to leave your school? The exam is imminent, you can't--"

"Why are you so worried about the exam? I've said that I'm not going to miss my school and I just don't attend my ballet events." I had a little grumbling.

"But, it must make Mom sad."

I turned my head....