[... You know all the ideas of calm talk completely leave Anais' mind the moment she sees Marina. She can take being made fun of. She can take being talked down to. She can take almost everything under normal circumstances.
But these aren't normal circumstances. These were drastic times, where she'd shared a sore echo with someone and she thought for just a few days she'd had a reprieve. She couldn't forgive, now, the way she'd seen that Marina had talked about her.
Without giving herself a chance to think twice, Anais pulls her arm back and with all the strength of someone who has to help her mom do the heavy lifting, Anais punches Marina.
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But these aren't normal circumstances. These were drastic times, where she'd shared a sore echo with someone and she thought for just a few days she'd had a reprieve. She couldn't forgive, now, the way she'd seen that Marina had talked about her.
Without giving herself a chance to think twice, Anais pulls her arm back and with all the strength of someone who has to help her mom do the heavy lifting, Anais punches Marina.
Right in the face.]