The men who looked like Fiero's men came in, pushed the two of them away. I don't know who I'm going to, and I am still processing that they are blood related. The world is small for the three of us. I was shrinking from my position. I don't know, I was suddenly ashamed of Fiero, for some unknown reason, or because he was kind to me, and then Marshall said to Fiero, "like a bomb." And for my part, it was as if I was rude, as if I underestimated what he said. Get out of my house if you two are just going to fight. Leave me alone. I sat down on the first rung of the stairs and wiped my hand on my face. I stated that I will change my life in the United States because I left everything and have resentment in the Philippines, and if it appears that this will prevent me from changing my life

