"I understand now." Amara nodded. "Get some sleep. We'll test the sachet again tomorrow."She returned to her bedroom. Almost without thinking, she took out the sachet Oscar had given her. "Father, please help your daughter fall asleep."Maybe it was only in her head. Maybe it was not. Amara held the sachet beneath her nose. Before long, sleep took her, and she passed the night in rare, unbroken peace.The next morning, she put the sachet away and murmured, "So it really was Father's doing."She then made a call. "Find out where George Miller works.""The George Miller from Percham District?""Yes. Wait for me. I'm coming over now."…Even with 1,000,000 dollars in the house, George and Helena had not changed how they lived. At daybreak, they leaned on each other and made their way to the garbage station.Sorting trash was their job. Young people did not want work like this, so the place was filled with elderly workers."George, you're here early today," the gatekeeper called
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