When I was 6 months pregnant, I heard news of Chloe again.
As expected, her biological parents had not taken her home out of kindness.
Her gambling-addict brother owed money to loan sharks. When they came to collect, his parents pushed the blame onto Chloe, claiming she had stolen and pawned the family's valuables and that the debt was hers.
Of course, Chloe refused to accept it. The house descended into chaos.
No one knew how, but she eventually escaped.
No one knew where she went afterward.
Some said she had found work in a small southern city. Some claimed she had gone to an old friend she met overseas. Others said she was hiding in a rented room in some remote town.
My mother told me all of this over the phone.
Before moving abroad, she called me one last time. Her voice sounde
