Chapter 100

Tessa was completely back to her cheerful exuberant self but her sister still maintains a certain degree of calmness and maturity. One he concluded was too much for a girl her age. But it must have come from having to take the role of a father and mother suddenly after the demise of their parents in an auto crash. She had since then become the one responsible for taking care of her only sister, one who hadn t made things easier for her because of her constant illness before it was discovered she had a bad kidney. Tina eventually had to stop schooling to work so she could afford hospital bills to treat her sister and save up for her surgery. Michael watched as she silently ate her food though with relish. She was still a small girl. Seventeen she said. But she has been struggling since she was fourteen. Fortunately, their parents built a house and so they didn t have to add accommodation to their lists of problems. Yet, she wasn t bitter or angry that her sister s ailment had c