"Mum!, Mum!, Mum?" she called as she peered into the bedroom. No sign of her mum but she could hear her voice in the shower. "Mum!" she called as she went down the stairs.

"In here honey" her mothers voice flew in from the kitchen, it sounded off. Almost like she was tired. But she could be wrong, her mum never got tired.

"Mum, we have to leave now if we want to make it to school on time. Mum?" her mother's eye was red and droopy. Not only that but 'eye' in the sense that she had her hair cover one of them. She watched her take a sip from the 'Monday is just another' day mug she got her for last years mother's day

"Mum, are you okay?"

"Yes honey, just a little tired." oh no, the forbidden word, something was definitely up.

"um, would you be able to drive me to school" her mother dropped the mug "Oh gosh, what time is it?"

"fifteen more minutes and I'll be late"

"then there is no time to waste" she picked her keys and tried to get up but she felt her legs shake and sat back immediately. "on second thought, why not let yellow take you?"

Pink froze just as Yellow walked in "someone called?" Pink stared at her with loath in her eyes

"perfect timing Yellow" Blue continued "would you mind taking Pink to school?"

"Sure, I just have to…"

"I'll rather walk"

Blue turned towards her daughter "Pink, we talked about this"

"see you after school mum"

"Don't you walk out on me young lady. PINK!, PINK!, honey" the door shut with a click

"She's still not accepting it huh?" Yellow asked as she poured herself a cup of orange juice and sat opposite her wife.

"No. It's been two years now, I could have sworn we would have made a huge progress by now" she sighed and leaned back causing her hair to fall back and show both her eyes. She looked at Yellow and found her partner staring and frowning at her "what?"

"You went there didn't you?"

"where?. Blue touched her eye and immediately understood what Yellow was talking about. "it's not what you think"

"Not what I think? Then what is it huh ?. Answer me blue. That man hits you whenever you go there and still you tell me not to bring him in, I don't get…why…arghh!."

"You can't bring him in"

"I need a why and a good one at that"

Blue sighed " pink doesn't know what her father is, she thinks he is some kind of hero without any fault, a man who was betrayed by his wife so she could indulge in sin. She doesn't know who he truly is and I'd rather keep it that way."

Yellow shook her head "I don't believe this. Okay, can you do me a favor, don't go back there."

"i have to "

"why?!"

"you..you wouldn't understand

"Blue, honey I am a cop, not just a cop but your partner and lover. The only thing that's stopping me from going to that fucking house and dragging that goddamn man out like the animal he is all the way to the worst prison I can think of is you. So you had better make me understand because I will not watch you get hurt and just sit back and watch"

Blue looked up at her and sighed "okay"

"Miss pink this is an unacceptable behaviour, one I will not condone next time"

"Sorry sir, it won't happen again"

"I hope not. What on earth could have kept you two hours late for school"

"she had to get goodbye kisses from mum one and two" a random voice from the class sent the room into a fit of laughter.

"QUIET!" the teacher barked and the class went as silent as a graveyard "To your sit miss pink and please, do not let it happen again"

"yes sir" pink said and walked to her sit, head bent low.

Lunch wasn't any different, the students ignored and abstained from her at the same time letting her know what they were doing and why they were doing it. She was picking at the steak on her plate when she felt someone sit beside her. She smelt the perfume before she recognized the face.

"what do you want?"

"Can't i sit at a table with my friend?."

"knowing what this particular friend would do to your reputation, I would advice against it"

The girl rolled her eyes "Miss Diamond Pink the most cheerful person you could lay your eyes on"

"Miss Stevonnie maheshwaran , the nosiest person you could ever come across"

"Excuse me!?"

"You heard me"

Stevonnie frowned at her "What happened to you?"

"I don't know, you tell me." the students were beginning to exit the cafeteria but pink waited for the last student to get up before she stretched out for her bag and felt some resistance Stevonnie was holding on to the bag.

"Pink we need to talk"

"About?"

"You"

"Sorry, there is nothing to talk about." with that she yanked her arm off and started walking towards the class

"What angers you more?, the divorce or your mum getting married to a woman"

Pink halted "What do you think?"

"what I think?, well for one you still talk to your mum which means it's not her you hate. Two, Yellow has been sleeping under the same roof with you for the past six months and hasn't had a single harrowing experience from you so I'll put her in the clear. Then there's your dad, whom you visit, never going with an empty hand." she paused

"so?"

"so, I think all this is just you being angry and hating yourself. You hate yourself because you could not stop your parents divorce, you hate yourself because even after the divorce you could not bring them together. You hate yourself because you believe you could not stop your mother from committing a great sin. You…"

"shut the fuck up!"

"i guess I am right…" before she finished she was lifted by the scruff of her neck and smashed against the wall so hard she could swear the building shook.

"You don't know anything about me so shut the FUCK up and mind your FUCKING BUISINESS!"

Stevonnie gasped but wouldn't give up "pink, you need to talk to me, what is going on?"

"it is non of your business!"

" who do you hate?"

"Shut up!"

"who do you blame?"

" I said SHUT UP!" pink screamed and squeezed tighter

"what arck darkens your heart?. What makes you angry?"

"She betrayed him okay!" with that pink fell to the ground and let out all her pent up emotions. Stevonnie knelt and brought her close "its okay"

"She hunted him like an animal, asking all those questions, following him, stalking our house like we were some kind of creep. Then finally, she manged to get a case against dad and sent him to prison for an entire year. Then I found out that they had an affair. As if that wasn't enough, they got married while my father was rotting in prison and he… I have to go"

"what, where?"

"i have to see him"

"your dad?"

"yes"
"um, I don't think that's a good idea" pink was already out the door "oh boy"

"Detective yellow, I'm sorry but I just can't allow it."

"can't allow it?, he struck my wife until she was bruised, what else do you need?"

Doug sighed, "okay, I'll send some of my boys to keep an eye on the building."

"I need to do this myself"

"absolutely not."

"why!?"

"keep your voice down detective"

"sorry"

"sorry?"

"sorry sir."

"good. You can't take it because you are too close to the case, we wouldn't want a repeat of you know what"

"But chief…" Doug's phone rang and he signaled for her to wait while he picked the call. he dropped it and sighed.

"any problem?"

"I guess since you are her parent, you deserve to know. My daughter just called me, your step daughter left school early."

Yellow rolled her eyes "yeah, she's going through a phase right no…"

"she went to see her father."

Yellow's eyes widened "oh fuck!".