Against the flow [1]

"Couldn't it be a coincidence? Or maybe one of those three boys who bullied you sent the letter? And if you are talking about Leon, well, I was the one who sent him there," I claimed.

You can say that I was manipulating her in a way even if it was indirect, but really I don't want to do it. Manipulating my family is something I've set off limits but here…it was for her own good.

I won't mind breaking the rules if it will benefit her in the future.

"S-So, what you are saying is…that I shouldn't trust that letter?" asked Anya as he stared at me in need of an answer.

"Precisely; you should not care about such things. Just imagine the person who sent that letter to you as a prank is now watching and laughing at you since you are falling into his game which was so easy to detect. What will he think of you?" 

"But, I had to do it; even if it was nothing but a prank. I mean, your life was on the line!" she exclaimed.