Chapter 138

“Clearly you don’t see what is going on here. This is life.” Sphesihle yelled atop her voice, “It’s gonna be tough but we need to toughen up too. Either you become tough or you learn to play smart. We aren’t cute little baby dolls anymore."

Tears started rolling down each of Gift’s cheeks, he summoned up the words, “What do you want me to do?!”

“Go home.” Now, Sphesihle went down to him, lowered her voice and spoke softly, “Face your problems yourself. When you get home, you’re faced with two choices…”

Gift only remained silent and listened to whatever she would say.

She continued, “When you get home, you’re faced with two choices. One, you take whatever they throw at you. You do nothing. You wait until you’re at the age where you can move out and find your own place to stay. Or two, talk them into change and if they don’t respond accordingly, you report them to the social workers. You choose.”

“You know I can’t report them. The social workers may take me away and put me in some o