Dear Mum,
Nona is not back from Paraguay. She phoned dad yesterday and I could hear her crying on the other end of the line when he wasn't talking. He gestured for me to go away, and I went into my room. I asked him later if Nona was okay because she didn't come home when she was supposed to. That was two weeks ago. I had this bad feeling that maybe her mum had died in the hospital, but when I asked dad at dinner, he said no.
I don't know if granny told you, but I've been having a lot of problems sleeping since the break-in and it's making my eyes and skin really itchy, I don't know why. I get nose bleeds a lot. Sometimes my classmates stare and laugh at me when this happens in school. The teachers say there's something wrong with me, but they've been saying that ever since they found head lice in my hair. They act like I'm a bad apple and it's like... I only exist so they can feel like they're doing an amazing job just by preventing me from turning mouldy and getting infested with caterpillars.
Speak soon
L
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