After taking me in, Uncle Theo had to go around the village begging for oatmeal so he could feed me.Even when he burned his hands and soot stained them, he was still grinning. He even went as far as risking a cow's wrath to steal me some milk.I had only been three years old. When I recovered enough, the first word out of my mouth was "Uncle".Interesting, wasn't it? Instead of "Mom" or "Dad", I called a 13-year-old "Uncle".The boy, not even as tall as the logs he was burning, froze in surprise. Then he began laughing so hard that tears sprang to his eyes.It had been 15 years since then, and I had never once stopped addressing him as "Uncle Theo".Back then, he was so poor that he resorted to stealing a loaf of bread and being chased across the entire village. Yet he hadn't abandoned me.But now, he didn't want me anymore.…Clinging to the 18 male hosts Mandy had hired, I bawled my eyes out.Sipping on a cocktail, she laughed at how pathetic I was. "Oooh, looks like you l
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