Vicky shuddered at her mother's stern voice.
"This is a huge gamble I have played!" She thought.
At that very moment Vicky knew she had to speak up now or risk being misunderstood later.
But she wasn't ready to come really clean of what she was up to.
She coughed and said.
"Mam, I went to where he is and I demanded that he gives me provision because you were sick and your stall had been vandalized!" she spurted.
"Tod bought all these for us?" she was even more puzzled.
"I went there with a threatening language mama, I vowed to cause a scene in front of his customers and friends. And he seemed like he did not want to be ashamed so he gave me everything that I demanded," she added. "I even got astonished at how fast he changed," she added.