Commendation Instead of Pity, The Last Few Years Before the Present

Day 152 - 8:11 PM - Rooftop, Farmhouse, Coconut Plantation, Labigan, Municipality fo Cawayan, Province of Masbate

Mark told his story while watching the stars. Mei beside him could only stare at his face in silence.

Mei grew up being treated as an object to be traded off at the right moment. A political tool to expand their family's business drastically. It made her like a bird trapped in the cage with no one beside her.

She understood that feeling of not being loved by one's parents. Mei watched in loneliness while they valued her brother like the most valuable gem in the world.

Even so, she was rich and beautiful. People would flock like flies towards her, wanting her friendship in one way or another. All of it was fake, though, for the very same reasons.

Nonetheless, despite all those, she never experienced hunger due to a lack of money.