Chapter 73

Gift used the handkerchief she was holding to rub her face one more time. She felt so heartbroken and so sad that she did not know how to express herself. She needed to tell Jacquard exactly what happened to his uncle.

Every time she tried to say what happened, she stopped whenever she almost did. After many tries, she said, " your uncle, Siyabong . . ."

"Yes. Okay! What happened to uncle Siyabong? Has anything happened to him? Please talk to me. Tell me what happened. Anything that happened I promise you to react to it well. I won't even do as if you told me anything." He said while his body was shivering already.

" Your uncle, Siyabong, had an accident today at his place of work. He is dead." She said crying and trying to stand up from where he was sitting to roll on the ground but was prevented from doing so.

Jacquard could not what he heard. He kept on repeating what he heard. " Your uncle, Siyabong, is dead! Your uncle, Siyabong is dead!! Your uncle, Siyabong, is dead!"

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