Losing control
To Maria, the following few minutes felt like hours. Everything seemed to be in slow motion, and she wasn’t acting like herself. She looked down at her hands, but they were moving on their own. Maria struggled to fight back, but she had no control over what was going to happen.
Putting a stop to her behavior
Maria had reached down again and pulled the identical article from her bag before she realized it. She didn’t bother looking around because she didn’t care if anyone noticed her. She had to exact her vengeance on this girl. This had gone out of hand, and Maria had no choice but to intervene.