“Esther, are you alright?”

She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard her father’s voice beside her. Esther turned her head and smiled softly. “I’m fine, Father.”

She did not know why, but out of all the memories crowding her mind, the one that surfaced was the incident with Vinson and the chewing gum. Truthfully, it was one of her most traumatic experiences. Because of it, her hair had to be cut short. Very short. Perhaps because her mind was already burdened, old memories ...