re you

e to see Hans' wor

in his frazzled state before he wh

uld mow you down when I got to the road and s

ally remembered where he was. He was still stretched out on

shot through his heart at

lanted it. He would have to tell her later, but then it would be b

rolled through him, and he gr

ile apologising that he could

nning away like a coward

respond, as he was concentrating

ried to stand alone, he staggered f

Let's go to the clini

t somehow and that will make th

d he use in the

after his Ma had used the last money they had to prepare a special

bastards had ru

earn money quickly, they might a

th against the pain he was feeling a

d to do

le, he would not bother

een well passed, and they would crawl

idn't sell their land to him as

he had promised his Ma to be back

ed sick if he didn

imals. They murdered all the crops

," Simon tried to joke as he sucked in hi

Anythin

e your

e shirt his cousin had sent to him from the cit

aid as he waved at his torn and bloodied clothes. "I

rue. Aunt

o wrestle you for it?" Simon said as l

it," Hans said as he relu

ans was still feeling was w

f it and quickly put on

ody as best as he could with his own ruined shirt and

Karma one of these days.

small bungalow where he

of it, one could easily see that the house

he wooden front porch made s

ot home, and he badly needed to sit, S

his usual "I-am-home" call whe

t his pain for a mom

fault is it that I get low grades?! It's all your fault!

oor living room as he recog

ced the pink suitcase

gaze went towards the window where his father used to sit f

ith the cushion their neighbour had gotten them

from him to the kitchen

n? I told you not to go with me on the first day of school, but you refused! Since that day, you have made my life hell in school, and you think you could scold me because I got low grades. Who wouldn

n doorway to see his mo

n front of her the half-eaten casserole that their

and I will make good money, so you don't have to

alk to Ma like that?!

at him, "And who do you think you are to interfere in a mother and daughter discussion? I see you have gotten too comfor

you say that t

r and don't you even call him that!" Mandy shout

th a loud sound. The plate did an acrobatic dance before stopping close to Simon, "You can bend

of the kitchen, bumping h