Unlikely Alliances

Tammy was a bully in the class, always made fun of Estella at all time but this time around things changed with the introduction of Benny and Archie in same class.  Tammy gave Estella a big shove as she fell flat on the floor, hitting her hands pretty hard. No words could describe the pain on Estella’s hand and the grievance surging from within her after the fall. She massaged her little hand instinctively, almost breaking into tears. After a while, she sniffled and got up to her feet. Then, she took out a notebook from the desk and started writing something in it. All the other kids were not surprised by that. Since Estella was mute, she usually communicated with them by writing in her notebook. However, it seldom appeared as there was scarcely anyone to play with her. A while later, she flipped her notebook toward Tammy after she finished writing. Placing her hands on her hips, the latter snorted at the word “apologize” in it and questioned sardonically, “How could you have the cheek