14NORA WAS DISAPPOINTED that it had been a week since her Tiyo Delfin arrived and yet nothing important or useful had been revealed about her Tiya Mercedes. Though she knew she was being unkind, she couldn’t help feeling pleased that her uncle would soon go back to his hometown. Her Uncle Delfin confirmed that her aunty had taken the boat that crossed the channel separating their provinces and was headed here to the village. That was no news for Nora because she never doubted that her Aunty Mercedes came. Nora just didn’t know what happened to her after arriving. That was the unexplainable part. But because she conceded to being just a girl who knew almost nothing, Nora was now incensed with herself. If she couldn’t solve a math problem, she wanted to solve a puzzle such as this one. This
