COME BACK TO ME – CHAPTER 40 Oh why did I get myself into this? Zian mentally cried foul as he stepped into the newly prepared rice paddy, one of three fields his grandmother owns in town. He grimaced at the sound of mud with every step he took with his rain boots. It had been raining for weeks and Mira asked his son Lyndon and one of her son-laws to help her ready the field for the first season of rice planting. Looking back, Zian found his grandparents getting ready to get into the paddy as well. Mira said since it was Jamie’s turn to help her plant the rice but since he’s not around, she asked Jamie’s children instead. Every year, Mira would ask one of her kids to help her in the ride fields, from preparing to planting, to harvesting, and storing or selling their harvest. It had

