Chapter 21: Another Nightmare

On the way back, Kate stayed silent. A deliberately avoided history had been dug back up suddenly. After Kate had quit school, she worked at a canned food factory in her hometown. She did not make much money, but it was better than nothing. The land in their area was thin, and the weather in those years was not good, so there was never a large yield. Even the farmers had very little attachment to their land. The young people always sought to go away to the big cities. Betty, who was one of the girls that had left for the coastal cities, seemed to make quite a lot of money. When Kate was still working her head off in order to get into a good senior high school, Betty went to Los Angeles with a few girls. When she came back for Christmas, she was dressed in completely different clothing and won much admiration from her friends and their parents. Quite a lot of girls wanted to go back with Betty, but Betty only wanted Kate to come with her. The reason was simple. Kate was easy-going,