Clean Slate

“Aria.” Mum slid a plate in front of me, eggs and toast, the works. First proper morning in the new house and she was already in full mum mode. “Do you wanna be homeschooled? Or go to an actual school? I heard there’s a really nice one not too far from here.”

I stabbed a bit of egg and thought about it. “Define nice.”

“Nice as in not a hellhole,” my brother said through a mouthful of toast. “Whi