Chapter 14

For the amount of problems Merlyn suffered in the last six months, she hardly thought she would make it home. Merlyn entered the California university through a merit scholarship. The college fees were taken care of under the scholarship program. But she had to cater for her boarding and lodging. Merlyn earned while writing notes to the physically challenged. It was the last day when she was supposed to submit her assignment and she was running late. So she asked her roommate to deposit the money to the flat owner in the bank. But her roommate was a cheater and ran away with her money. The flat owner sent her an eviction notice. Merlyn did not have any other way. She had to pawn everything that was with her including her laptop to discharge the room rent. Many of her friends called her roommate a betrayer who did drugs by stealing money from people but Merlyn did not believe any of them for the kind nature she was blessed with. Ultimately she had to taste the bitter fruit of her gen