Chapter 73: A much-needed talk

“Did they bully you, baby?” he began tentatively, breaking the quiet between them. “If they did, then you should definitely go. I will have you walk in like a star. Fifty bodyguards, eighty road clearers.”   His words almost made her spit out her food.   “Road clearers?” she asked.   “They pat the crowd like the red sea for you,” he said. “Why would I want that?” Anya chuckled.   “For effect.” He shrugged.   “I will look like a clown.”   “You will look like a star. So, did they bully you?” he asked.   Anya shrugged, her expression unreadable. “Not really. I was just... ignored.”   “Ignored?”   “They behaved as though I did not exist.”   Daniel’s heart clenched at her words, a pang of sympathy sweeping through him.   “Why?” he asked.   “I was a busy body. They would play pranks on people regularly. One time they took a prank too far and almost killed someone. No one was supposed to tell a teacher, but I told a teacher to call the police.   The firefighters cam