A few days had passed since that stormy afternoon. The rain had long stopped, but the storm inside Anika refused to die down.

She sat in the front row of her classroom, legs crossed elegantly, writing notes with perfect focus as the teacher explained complex organic chemistry reactions. Her grades hadn’t slipped even a single mark. If anything, she was sharper than ever .. the brilliant student everyone still admired. Topper. Role model. The girl who always had the right answers.