“No, I know. But we promised to help her. We need to do that…. Jake, you remember when we went to the lake, and you saw bruises on her?” I look at him pointedly.
He looks at me puzzled but nods. “Yeah, we assumed it was from fighting with Gabe”
I slowly shake my head. I go on to explain the bullying and torture she has endured over the last year from Anya and her friends. Indie sobbing, I am unsure if she realised it was as bad as it had become. My friends all look in shock, and angry too.
Manuel, still at her feet kneels up to hold her close to him “Oh mi amor, I wish you felt able to tell us… you should never have had to go through this alone…. you don’t have to go through this alone now…. Right Knox?”