maam , i wanted to come here to talk to you , ricky interrupted , before vienne could defend her challenged logic , you see , i have been thinking a lot , ever since that day , ever since i recognized alicia as the girl who ... you see , i knew alicia from primary school , and i remembered how we had picked on her , calling her names ... we were so cruel i remember we even made fun of her after we had heard that her dad and sister died .