‘Nonsense, Zezé. I love you lots.’ ‘No you don’t. If you did, you wouldn’t let them beat me again today.’
‘It’s getting dark now and there won’t be enough time for you to get in trouble again.’
‘But I already have...’ She put down her embroidery and came over.
She almost screamed when she saw the puddle of blood at my foot.
‘My God! Shrimp, what’ve you done?’ I’d won. If she called me shrimp, I was safe.
She picked me up and sat me down on the chair. Then she quickly got a bowl of salty water and knelt at my feet.
‘This is going to hurt a lot, Zezé.’ ‘It’s already hurting a lot.’
‘My God, the cut’s almost an inch and a half long. How did you do it?’
‘Don’t tell anyone. Please, Gló, I promise to be good. Don’t let them hit me so much...’
‘OK, I won’t tell. But what are we going to do? Everyone’s going to see your foot all bandaged up.
And tomorrow you won’t be able to go to school. They’re going to find out.’
‘I’ll go to school. I’ll wear my shoes to the corner. After that I can take them off.’
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