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lily
I stood outside of the tents, playing with my friend Valerie, another girl on the camp, who had beautiful ginger hair, pale skin, and bright blue eyes.
"I like your new jumper," she said to me, smiling. "How did your mommy and daddy have enough money to buy it for you? None of us have have money to even buy some nice food."
"It's not a new jumper," I replied, shrugging my shoulders. "It's my daddy's jumper. He's gone away for work."
I could feel my heart warm, as I remembered Papa's words.
"He told me to keep this to remember him, no matter where he is," I recounted.
"Your daddy is really lucky that he found work," Valerie replied, with her hands on her hips. "My daddy has been searching for ages, and still hasn't found any."
"I'm sure he'll find something soon," I reassured her.
BẠN ĐANG ĐỌC
Trafficked: A Dark Organized Crime Kidnapping Thriller/Romance
Bí ẩn / ThrillerLily lives in a refugee camp with her mother and father. One day, her father is approached by some men offering him work. He takes up the offer in the hope to provide for his family, but Lily never sees him again. Soon later, her mother is shot dead...
