She walked around the whole day trying to make sense of everything she was told that day. Her mother's disappearance has taken a toll on her already before she met with the masked girl. She stopped in her track in realization. The girl never gave her a name.
Bella felt exasperated. Life has been unfair to her almost all her life. From a young age, she was forced into labor to earn a living. Her mother managed to take her through half of her education and fell I'll before she completed high school.
Even before her mother's illness, their lives have been anything but easy. There were days they would sleep hungry. Sometimes, they would manage a single meal per day. If they were unlucky, they would sleep hungry.