End of My Dream
I saw an advertisement on a secondhand marketplace app that someone was giving away an unused stroller for free, pickup only.
The address was in a wealthy neighborhood across town.
I secured my daughter against my chest in a baby carrier, spent two hours changing buses, then walked for another half an hour under the scorching sun before finally reaching the small mansion.
I was drenched in sweat, and my daughter was so hot she started wailing.
The seller was a woman about my age, with the refined air of someone who had been pampered her whole life.
She studied my miserable state, her voice laced with both disdain and pity. "You came all the way from Eastside? And you're planning to