It has always been just the two of them, and they’ve never needed anything more. Alicia, her beloved daughter who’s taking her O’Levels. Serena, her beloved mother who works so hard for her at the pet shop. Until the day Alicia curiosity get the better of her.  It seemed like a benign decision to try smoking, as those who did it never gotten in trouble. Smart even, as those who did were popular. It seemed like an open-and-shut case; a scolding, a week of detention, and a lesson learnt.  If not for the ego of a mother, and the stubbornness of a teenage daughter.  The tug-of-war begins. Serena confiscates her phone, leaving Alicia unable to do her coursework. Alicia gives up on her studies, and demands her phone back. Serena gives up on soft love, and embraces the necessary evil needed to get her daughter back on track. Alicia resists frustratingly well. It remains a dead tie for eternity, until Serena breaks it the only way she knows how.  The only way a parent knows to make their child behave. Caning. The rope snaps, and they part ways. But whether she’ll give her a second chance, or whether she’ll cherish it and change for the better, depends on the both of them.  Just the two of them.