MILDRED

UGLY BIRDIE TO SWAN

Ophelia was in the closet when I stepped in the next afternoon for my classes the next day. 

She smiled up at me and paid a space for me to sit on the sofa. 

"How are you feeling?" Her smiles were radiant. 

"Good. Better now I'm here Ms. Blackwood has her snappy days." I chuckled and Ophelia laughed nicely. 

"Turn it in!" She gestured to the diary in my hand. 

I hesitated knowing the number of ugly things I had in there. They were horrible and I never considered reading them the second time. 

"You don't look happy. What did you write?"

I shrugged and...