a Ri

s the

beautiful! I grab my phone, headphones, and start listening to my favorite songs. I was expecting anothe

r following your dreams and not giving up on yourself! Forgive me for not being the best mother in the world, for not protecting you when you needed it..." I hear her crying, and my heart tightens, how could she think that? "You are strong, warrior! I want you to know that I will always be here fo

onsequences that followed, the trauma and the loss of my little sister and my father. She couldn't go to my father's or Milena's funeral, grandma organized eve

. I love Jane Austen's books and got "Pride and Prejudice" for my birthday... I love Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. I am

m! These books are my treasures. I even left a letter asking my family to put them in a glass box and bury them with m

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he flight atten

he hands me my book. "It was on the floor, I think you

u," I too

pped it? I looked at the book from front to bac

the pilot announce that we had arrived in New York. I look out the w

a small jolt, and we taxi down the runwa

fter installing it on my phone, I immediately sent a message to my mom

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xt to me was occupied by a girl. She's deeply engrossed in reading something on her phone

backpack. "You're a bookworm! Is all of

es

these things on the plane," I look at h

don't understand,"

er. "My name is Kim Fiore, nice to meet you,

na Rivera," I release her hand and se

e carry books on our phones," she turns her

ow

ter! I'll introduce you to authors of books that aren't famous, but are really great. Some of my favorite au

asm as she shows me so

es! But changing the sub

moved to Nicaragua whe

ry, but from what I've seen on the

remembering my favori

didn't mean to

ther) stayed in Nicaragua," she looks at me and I can even see the huge

in Spani

our nativ

let me go when he saw that my head didn't work in another language.

!" She smiles and make

really from New

disillusioned, and left high

could make me smile

other Adam has been studying financial management for 2 years, and when he finishes, he'll do a PhD in the field. We talked a