Chapter 57

"Manang Rosi!"

I ran to him as soon as I got out of the car. He was there at the gate of their house and seemed to be waiting for us. We agreed that we would meet at their house, even though Manang Rosi insisted that she could pick us up in town so that we wouldn't get lost because it was hard to find their house. But I didn't agree and just waited for him here.

She looks older than the last time I saw her. She has so many gray hairs now. I just smiled sadly. The change in her hair color is proof that I haven't seen her in five years.

"Daphne... My pet." Manang Rosi said this with tears in her eyes and gave me a tight hug.

I feel my eyes tearing up. Her hug made me remember those feelings and emotions from five years ago. I remember when I was a child, he would always hug me and make me sit when Mama was not paying attention to me. Or when Mama hurts me. It was Manang Rosi who comforted me then.

He broke away from clin