Chapter 17

Carlisle wore a raincoat before quickly speeding toward Christine’s residential area.

It was th

the

beginning of June. Despite the rain, the air was still hot and humid.

The muscles in his legs tightened as his bicycle chain began to creak due to it being too long since he

last oiled it.

The rain poured on endlessly.

Suddenly, the chains in his bicycle finally broke due to the tension,

Fuck.

Carlisle cursed as he stopped his bicycle by the roadside and began to repair the chain.

He had used his bicycle for more than three years. Fixing the chain was easy. He had finished it within ten minutes and was back on the road.

To stop his chain from breaking once more, he had found a shop for bicycles and asked for some oil. The repairman didn’t charge him after hearing that he was heading to attend his SATS.

The houses in the Helios Village were mostly made out of plywood.

nearby that stretched out from the county to the suburbs. Yet, no professionals

the disgusting smell of trash hung in the air.

feeding her grandma breakfast in

was able

house was also clean.

woman walked in. The woman’s clothes were ripped and had several

here?” Christine quickly put the food

money. You’ll be having your SATS, so you should eat

shook her hands. “That won’t do. I can’t take any more of

it consisted mostly of loose change as most notes were one-dollar bills. There were

But ever since two years ago, they

had survived high school

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for her

stuffed the money

and hope for our small village. You

village. Her grandma had also helped many villagers when she

abandoned shoulder the weight of the

she was forced

villagers took it upon themselves to care for Christine and her grandma.

her head. Tears fell down

Please help me thank everyone too. I definitely won’t

She knew she had to get into a university

You should hurry to school!” Grace

for her exams.

have to trouble you with

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