ke her lose her temper on the first day at her new school. Tina was going to have a field day since she already hated having her stepdaughter living in her home. She would probably kick he

r daughter. Instead, she was strict and it was clear that Megan was humiliated by her mother's reaction in front of everyone. "But Mum.." Megan started to whine but her mother threw her a look that made her immediately close her mouth and eyes fall to the floor in shame. "I'm sorry, Eva," Megan mumbled. Her mother seemed satisfied with that and dragged her daughter away. They could still hear her rambling on at Megan as they walked down the corridor. "Let's hope it doesn't happen again." Mr Rickart said. "Yes, sir," Eva answered. "It won't happen again." "I guess that we should be going as well. Thanks for your time, Mr Rickart." Eva's father held out his and the headteacher shook it. Eva couldn't wait to get out of there. She needed a shower and to get changed. Hopefully, tomorrow would be a better day. Tim closed the door and walked around to the driver's side, he watched his daughter as she buckled herself in and held her bag on her lap. "You know if there's anything you need to talk about, you can come to me," Tim told her to which she nodded. Tim knew how difficult it must be for his daughter to up and leave everything and everyone that she knew and loved. "Are you ok?" he frowned as she stared out the window. Eva turned to him and nodded. He smiled bad at her and thought to himself how much she looked like her mother. "Shall we go grab some ice cream after you get changed?" Eva nodded eagerly at that. Tim grinned since he remembered how much she had loved when he took her to the ice cream parlour when she was a small girl. Before he had made the big mistake of leaving and never going back again. "Am I not in trouble?" Eva wondered, looking at her dad who shrugged his shoulders an