Chapter 39

But she had decided and she would not put any more pressure on Anthony.

Maybe, he would come back to his hometown soon after she leave.

She curved her lips into a faint smile and then turned towards the entrance. Her foot took a step forward, then another, and then she was completely out of the gate.

The sun was high in the clouds but the wind was cool, blowing into her, touching her skin.

She walked back home.

It was only three in the afternoon when she stopped walking forward. A few meters away from her, she saw the small nipa hut which seemed familiar yet unfamiliar to her. It was months since she last saw the hut and seeing it again, she could not describe her feelings.

She breathed deeply and then continued taking steps forward. She had been walking under the sun for nearly five hours and occasionally stopped at waiting sheds to drink water she bought at the store and to shed from the sun.

When it come to perseverance, she stood in the rank. She was used walking to where she