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f we didn't reach our quota. I didn't know why we were following him anyway. He just suddenly appea

id, sitting down on the sid

uld it feel like to have parents? What would it feel like to

It wasn't even a hundred pesos. We couldn't go home until we rea

use he took our food. We're also afraid to fight ba

to face the person calling us. It was

n years old, I think. He's always able to find ways to ear

arnings are still short. We

illed our can with coins and bills. I think

cause every time our earnings are short, he always covers

we followed him. My legs were already aching fr

und my age. He was counting his earn

one of us?

ys getting punished by Boss Herbert because his quota is alway

ed to help him, but I didn

our boss's hideout, and we also slept here beca

took out the paper where

s placed our earnings on his table. "Tomorrow, A

ce. After taking our earnings, he gave

wn on the cold cement floor. The cardboa

erbert, he has many men. He'll s

rom our earnings. I want to eat d

has been increased from two hundred to three

m were still a

appened

replied, not w

ur mom, while I didn't even get

and the person who took her in was cruel to he

l us your st

s now. We've been struggling for four years too. I'm a year older than Tessa. I've

id, and I felt sad. After our conversation,

. She's been gone for four years, and I haven't been able to be with her. My mom died in a factory fire where sh

would get our house back. However, it seems like I won't be able to do th

when I saw a young boy who was already awake and sitting nearby. We all slept here, but sometimes we didn't. Whenever night f

on the opposite wall where we lay dow

p but cry even more. I covered my mouth because I didn't want to cry louder a

a handkerchief. It was whi

just this morning." I took the handkerchief

Don't you have a siblin

sted here for a bit." I also noticed the wound

you o

return the handkerchief when you're okay." He stood

an initial stitch on it. I'll just return it to him when I find water to wash it. I don't want to give it back to him all dirty. I lay back down to sl