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ked in with Kate whose face was painted. Marilyn hadn't noticed it before and It seemed like she had

d the woman. She was being realistic, there wasn't a single penny in the house

and I can't find them anymo

them?" Kate asked her i

...maybe you d

tepmother growled

nth shut right now" she added wh

arket now and get some

er?" she said with tears almost falling off her fac

He has a medicine in his store for us

is evening at the Reaper's store. Tell hi

ppily that her father was

y for the medicine, will he giv

on't have to worry about that" she told her and Marilyn felt a wave of

ie, her baby sister said but the

her. It's evening already"

crouching to the girl's level to a

now crying, she didn't want to stay away from her that instant. It was

rilyn asked as she remembered

o Kate," her s

?" Kate

pout. She couldn't cook for the life of her, was practically lazy and was no wife

e was always compared to her. Marilyn got all the attention she had ever wanted from men freely on a platter of gold even though the girl h

gone for good" Kate muttered inaudibly and left for the kitch

r to hug her baby sister, promising to buy h

on his forehead before leaving the house for the market to meet the

e took nothing but only a basket along with her so she coul

things he needed urgently to get back on his feet. To eat some fruits and

her lazy stepsister in the kitchen. If not, she would make a mess and when she me

d potatoes' she thought within herself. She also wondered why her stepmother didn't let Kate g

lso using that as an opportunity to visit her many men friends. That was the s

evening sky. Marilyn thought she heard children scream out o

her earlier and that was because there was no sign of it raining. There h

ght sunny day while sending nothing but a gusty wind and no rain on a dark and dull day. She guessed it was one of those