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.

from the county to the

smell of trash hung

by the bed while feeding her grandma breakfast in a simple 300–square–foot

But it was

was also clean.

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

put the food in her hand and went

some money. You’ll be having your

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

out a stack of crumpled notes. But it consisted mostly of loose change as most notes were one-dollar bills.

in another city. But ever since two

had survived high school through the small amount her

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for her

money into

light and hope for our small

the village. Her grandma had also

grandma had become paralyzed, her parents abandoned shoulder the weight

was forced

the kind villagers took it upon themselves to care for

Tears fell down

Please help me thank everyone too.

been studying hard for the past few days. She knew she had to get into a university and make a name for herself to repay their

You should hurry to school!” Grace urged. She was worried Christine would

for her exams.

I’ll have to trouble you with caring for my grandma for now!”

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