ntain area, where electricity had just been introdu

o make it to university under

He stood on the podium in clothes that had been washed so frequently tha

just a nobody at present, I will be t

e conventional sense, not the kind of

son, he seemed to

him. He was like a blade of

r wildfires could

and that was his irr

, insisting for three year

d on his studies, he

d from his hard work went

as dating, they inquired ab

s situation, they adv

I say to th

ll make a place for himself in this city. I w

parents who disagreed, almo

lly relented and stopped

pursued further studies or government jobs

ng with him in a basement and handin

hared a single bowl

then might be bitte

Ivy, I will succeed. One day, I

his pr

ok out a loan to buy a home for us a

ar, I w

housewife, but I was determined

me profitable, Nolan t

ountains to have the chance to hav

ation, we sponsored many

was one

er, she had just gradua

, with a dowry of two thousand dollars, which w

he could continue her studies, she would eventually

ducation, arguing that a girl's education was pointl

ion leader, Nolan was deeply moved and dec

ry month, her writing immatur

ng me with pride because my husban

the city's top university, and I had to paus

direct contact, as our information wa

pregnancy with Wesley, that Nolan began mentioning

est spreadsheets, clumsy just li

om her hometown, just like what I

the intern messed up the contract again

re and more, and his tim

Jennifer was the student Nolan had sponsored, now

nusual between them, I couldn't shake the feeli

verything le

ase inexplicably contained L

enly sported a cu

n to skew you

l just starting out couldn't affect my family

er find a trace of t

leeting. If they couldn't be kep

lawyers about dividing our marital assets, Nolan would