He saw how she had entered each income and expense, revealing her hardships. He thought she dressed well every day, but he never expected that the presentable clothes he had seen her wear were all bought by her gritting her teeth to entertain herself.
Recalling the white T-shirt and jeans she wore when they took the elevator earlier, Joshua Sulliven remembered that she had bought four T-shirts in one breath for twenty-five bucks each, and four pairs of forty-five buck jeans of varying lengths. Since she bought in bulk, she even got a ten-dollar discount. These trivial records made him feel inexplicably heartbroken.
In just three months, this woman had earned more than 80,000 bucks by selling wine and working part-time jobs. Deducting daily expenses and overheads, she still managed to save a hefty 60,000 bucks by scrimping and saving.
