The beginning of a plan 3

Returning outside, she finds him holding a photo of her and Hodja together as children and photos of them as adults. Those were the only photos she had.

"He is my brother." Vivian cleared her throat, handing him the towel.

"Sorry for touching your things." He put the photo down.

"It's okay." Vivian smiled and walked towards the kitchen to get him a glass of cool water. "I raised him alone."

Jaime turned to look at her as he dried his arm with the towel she gave him. "Does he live here with you?"

"No. He's married, so I'm alone." She replied, pouring water into the cup.

"What about your parents? Don't they live with you?"

This made no sense to Vivian, she flashed a bitter smile, walking towards him with a glass of water in hand. After he took the glass of water, she sat down on the chair. "We are all orphans."

It wasn't really a lie, she thought. With her father dead and her mother leaving to marry a new husband, they had no parents, and she and Hodja were considered orphans.

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