Chapter I"Daughter, please pay the debt we owe to Manang Helen." mom ordered me one night. She handed me the white envelope and a handkerchief. I looked at it, there was something engraved on the very end of it, I looked at Mama who was surprised. "Mom, what is the handkerchief for?" I will ask. She didn't look at me, her trembling hand didn't escape my sight. I raised my eyebrows because of that. "T-Take that to Helen.. They will take care of it.." The last thing she said was almost a whisper. I held my breath. I know the mama well, she likes to borrow money from people she knows, I don't even know where she gets the payment from but I just let it go. I missed the trembling of his hand, maybe it was just panting. I came out of our little shack made of bamboo, it was quite old, and it was obvious that it would only take a few blows of the wind and it would fall down, but now, we are going to build a new house again, but it is made of stone. I don't know where mom got the
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