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6.Fire oh Fire
"Rose! What happened? How did our shophouse catch fire?" Romeo was shocked to see the remains of the fire that was still burning in the building.
Romeo's body staggered, he almost fell when Dulce's hand quickly grabbed him. Dulce, who was no less surprised, immediately brought the old man to sit on the edge of the sidewalk. The immigrant woman sat beside Romeo with a body that was no less shaking.
"How could it be?" Rose hissed in disbelief.
Everything she owns, the house where his family takes refuge and her livelihood is there. Rose stared frozen frozen at the blackened building with Kenzie still in her arms.
It was nine o'clock in the evening when the fire broke out. They had just arrived from dinner at a
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