CHAPTER ONESHANE'S POVThe sun was as vengeful as ever, making beads of sweat drop down my arms as I toiled on the farmlands.My back ached, and my skin burned. As terrible as these conditions felt, I didn’t feel bad for myself at all. My attention was on my younger sister, who had been tilling the ground beside me since dawn that morning without a single complaint.I watched as she raised her spade, planting it deep into the soil, digging even deeper each time.She shouldn’t have to work this hard, not with me here.But without her here, I wasn’t going to be able to raise enough to take care of our needs, especially with our youngest sister at home who needed medicine frequently.“You’re gonna keep staring at me?” she asked, without breaking her focus.“You shouldn’t be here,” I replied, standing up to look at her. “I can find another job to take care of us–”“You will never find another job that would be less hard than Don Simon’s.” she retorted, turning to look at me.Her fair ski
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