10– I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her…
She tore the pages out of her exercise book and lit a fire in the backlane, watching the sparks fly as she flung another match into the pages.
The news had spread like wildfire down the entire length of Pagoda Street. Ah-ku had married the scion of the wealthy Chang family, and she had a son. A beautiful baby boy, they said. Everyone was thrilled. Molek Ee, Mrs Lee and Ah Chek couldn’t wait to tell her the good news the moment she stepped into the coffee shop after delivering drinks to the gaming houses. Not only had Ah-ku married well and given birth to a son, they told her, she had also engaged a Cantonese amah called Kan Jieh to
