Those shoes were precious to me! I bought those with my own money I won from an academic contest. I've been taking care of it for 4 years and to think that it ended up being snatched by a monkey, it was sad!
"Did you just arrive, hija?"
I turned to the direction of that voice and found our landlady with a basket of wet clothes on her hold. I turned the faucet off when her eyes glided from me to the running water.
"Ah, yes. Just now."
Her forehead creased when she saw me barefooted. My toes curled backward, conscious by her stare.
"Where are your shoes?" She asked when she noticed that I have no footwear near me.
I smiled awkwardly. "We were robbed."
She caressed her chest in an exaggerated manner because of what she heard. "Gosh! There are robbers everywhere in a clutter!Be car
