- Mar 20, 2014
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- Female
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Lae was not going to be happy with Noli. But she never was anyway. Noli was done trying to figure Lae out. She was going to do what she felt was right. And what she felt was right was dropping out of school so that she could work as much as possible—freelance translating and webcam shows became her life. Only making money to pay back Papa and bringing him to Earth mattered now. She couldn’t wait any longer. She was a fool for going to school, wasting her time in classes. She realized that now. Maybe she would go back after Papa was on Earth, but for now…only money mattered. Because money would bring Papa home, and she would not wait any longer than needed.
After all, she waited too long to see one father. She would not make the same mistake again.
Noli was stressed and exhausted. She barely slept, determined to spend as many hours of the day working as possible. She had to move out of the school into her own cheap apartment. She found the cheapest place possible so that paying rent would not interfere too much with saving up for Papa. It was…not great, but it was necessary for now.
Then she met Kofi, who told her he could bring her Papa home without payment. It seemed to good to be true. But supposedly he made frequent trips back to Mes, carrying cargo. So he was willing to pick Guarin up.
Now she had a plan. She could get Papa home even sooner than expected! But now…she had to tell Laemiri.
She called Laemiri out to meet her in the park. Kofi would be there as well, though now she wondered if that was really such a good idea for him to come too…she had a feeling she already knew what Lae’s reaction would be, and it would not be good.
But Noli took a deep breath, and mustered up her courage. All that mattered was bringing Papa home. Even if it meant her already turbulent relationship with her sister was about to become even worse.