Chapter 5 School days for Helen

Helen is now six. She has been promised by Henry that she will join Olivia in the next session. Helen is enrolled into same school with Olivia, but Olivia is few classes above Helen since she is older than her and that Helen is just starting.

Helen even at her first day at school was very smart. She listens to teachers while they teach and was very obedient. Helen is now free to attend school but something was lacking; happiness. Helen was never happy, she will come back from school and immediately Anna will ask her to go and hawk the fruits which she remained from the previous day.

Anna's action towards Helen was to tell Henry that he is wasting money on Helen. Helen finds it difficult to concentrate with her assignments and test at school due to lots of work she does after school daily. Whenever she wants to read her book, she always gets distracted by either Anna or Olivia.

Henry suspects Anna's action towards Helen and tries to caution her but fails, Anna could not stand listening to what Henry has to say about Helen.

Anna's hatred for Helen kept growing to the extent she locks the doors and allowed Helen sleep outside one night when Henry travelled. Helen cried and cried but Anna refuses to open the door.

Helen complains of headache, Anna could not get her drugs. All she does is to ask Helen not to hawk fruits that day, but at that she was also forced to do the house chores.