Chapter 13

"MONEY is nothing without you honey.." is a phrase that repeated in my mind like a broken record. It only stopped when I heard the following words, "So eat honey and please don't think about the money again," he said as he added more rice to my plate. He also spooned some pieces of chicken onto my plate. "And now tell me the story of yours," he said after he had scooped some chicken onto my plate.

I sighed before starting to tell my story. "Since I was a child, I never had the chance to meet my father, while I did meet my mother, unfortunately, I wasn't able to stay with her for long. She was imprisoned for a murder that I knew she never committed. My mom was a good mother to me, and that was the reason why I couldn't believe the case they filed against her." I took a deep breath to relieve the tension in my throat.

"After that, I grew up with my grandmother. She raised me by herself. Even though she was old, she was forced to work and sell candles just to provide for me and send me t