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Chapter 30 – The cousin.
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2025-07-03 06:03:06We arrived at my parents’ place first, who were ecstatic to see us. I hadn’t seen them in a long time.
“You should have told us you were coming soon,” my mother said, “I would have made a feast to welcome you.”
My mother and father were business owners at their time. They owned a small shop, and it was doing very well.
I always craved my mother and father’s warmth, because after they lost everything when I was still little, they buried themselves in work.
They only worried about our future, neglecting me and Dani. As a result, the hard labor took a toll on them. They looked way too old for their age.
“Mother,” I could feel tears well up. Brian asked to help me with my situation many times and I always refused to.
It would have helped me greatly only if I hadn't been so prideful, so prideful to always think I would do this all on my own. I would rescue my family all on my own.
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