How did she get home? Didn’t someone have to pick her up from the highschool “daycare”? And if it’s a “daycare” wouldn’t her parents be at work and couldn’t drive her home….? I’m a little confused.
word change (just a suggestion, don’t have to change it…):
“Lia’s been waiting for me all this time”

see, her mom’s dead, and her dad can’t pick her up right after school cause he’s at work, so she stays in “daycare” till he can. Thanks for the that to this thing, too, i didn’t catch that.