When I get back to the village I find nana now awake, I run into her arms and I plant kisses on her soft and smooth cheeks.
Grandma Sophie bursts into tears of both joy and sadness. She is overjoyed to see me but at the same time she is dispirited by the thought that her granddaughter will now bear the burden of taking care of her and looking for money to finance her expenses.
This is not the life she wants for me, she believes that I'm very young and I should be living my life free of any burdens.
“I am so sorry nana I know how much you loved having Betty around,” I place a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.
“Nonsense you don’t have to be sorry about anything. I’m the one who is deeply sorry because my existence is only burdening you. I don’t know why the Lord won’t take m
