IRIS

One minute, I was thinking of how I could manage and escape Cirdan, he was glaring at me and the door, I was thinking my chances of escaping was minimal, the next minute, a female who I had not seen since I was two was gliding into the room, announcing to everybody what I tried so hard to keep hidden.

Come to mother, she said, I wanted to scoff and roll my eyes but I couldn’t because my father trained me with more decorum than that. I knew better than to air my family dirty laundry outside.

Come to mother, she said, she was waiting patiently with her arms...