Chapter 22 - Late Pay

When she got home, Lisa began to feel her body was very tired compared to when she was earlier in the office. Her mother was waiting for her in the dining room. The middle-aged woman then ran to Lisa and hugged her. Tears rolled down her cheeks.

Lisa gently patted her mother's back with a sad look. The face of the old woman who stood in front of her radiated with deep sadness, as if there was no tomorrow for her.

Then, Lisa escorted her mother to a 3x3 meter room next to the living room. Inside, there was a queen size bed from the times when her mother was still with her father. The room felt very lonely and wrenching. A line of photos of Lisa and her family were still displayed on her mother's dressing table. And what really broke her heart was her parent's wedding picture.

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