"So? What is it going to be? Are you going to help me or not?" Nicole pressed, waiting for Bella to make up her mind.
"Why?" Bella asked, looking at her with a frown.
"Why what?" Nicole asked as she dipped her hand into her purse to take out a gum, which she threw into her mouth.
"Why do your parents want you to leave the country? And why do you want to remain here?" Bella asked with a frown.
"I suppose I must have caused a bit of trouble. But I love being here. I can't go so far away when all my friends are here. It's going to be lonely," Nicole said with a worried frown.
Bella was certain if her own mother had somewhere to send her to, she would have done so a long time ago so she could understand Nicole's predicament to a large extent.
