Lover turns foe

Mara's POV

"Yes mum, we learnt alot in school today" I swallowed a huge chunk of my saliva before I got myself to lie to my mother.

"You can drop the act now Mara. I already know that you have been out of school for the past 2 weeks , your teacher called me today" my mum's voice was breaking and I knew she was saddened by the fact that she was so helpless.

"But there was really no need for you to lie to me all this while" a tear escaped from her eye.

I went to where she was and embraced her.

"I'm really sorry mum, I didn't want to make you worry. You already do alot for us to survive and I didn't want to add to your pains. But look on the bright side mum, I have been doing so many jobs that I managed to save up" I lied to my mum again bringing out the cash from my school bag, I even managed to sell off that lady's purse on my way back home.