“No, I know. But we promised to help her. We need to do that…. Jake, you remember when we went to the lake, and you saw bruises on her?” I look at him pointedly.

He looks at me puzzled but nods. “Yeah, we assumed it was from fighting with Gabe”

I slowly shake my head. I go on to explain the bullying and torture she has endured over the last year from Anya and her friends. Indie sobbing, I am unsure if she realised it was as bad as it had become. My friends all look in shock, and angry too.

Manuel, still at her feet kneels up to hold...