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.

out from the county to the suburbs. Yet, no

of trash hung

bed while feeding her grandma breakfast in a simple 300–square–foot home.

it was able to

was also

woman’s clothes were ripped and had several patches all

here?” Christine quickly put the food

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

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

of loose change as most notes were one-dollar

working in another city. But ever since two years ago, they stopped visiting and funding

survived high school

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for her

money into Christine’s

said, “Christine, you are the light and hope for our small village. You should focus on your

grown up in the village. Her grandma had also helped

parents abandoned shoulder

was forced

kind villagers took it upon themselves to care for Christine and

eyes turned red as she lowered her head. Tears fell down the corner of her eyes as she choked on her sobs.

Ms. Jefferson. Please help me thank everyone too. I definitely won’t let all of

for the past few days. She knew she had to get into a

about time now. You should hurry to school!” Grace

for her

Then, I’ll have to trouble you with caring for

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