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Chapter Seventy-Two: My Past Part Three
“I-I didn’t know what happened after that. It all went black, but on the next day. Mom disappeared. My dad and I had been searching for her for weeks. And when we found her, she… we had to admit her to an institution. But dad kept drinking and drinking afterward. He always reminded me everything that happened to mom was all my fault. I was worried he might hurt me next when his drinking became worse, so I ran away.”
I pressed my eyes against my hands as tears finally burst out.
“I want to go back home — my real home. I want to go back to the Philippines. But, what am I supposed to do? I’m just a kid. I don’t even know what to do anymore. There was this bridge where I could clear my head sometimes in the past. But after what happened to my mom, I was always there almost every day. But after all the things that happened, I… I….”
“It’s not your fault,” Katie said.
“Yes, it is!” I sobbed with my fists shaking. “I could have blamed dad. I want to punch him
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