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Things were handled rather easily at the place, since the owner of the establishment wasn’t really requiring the girl’s services anymore after he had managed to hire a new, young, looking innocent, talent to take over her spot….

Marni too doesn’t make any complaint when her last payment was not being paid by the owner because she hasn’t completed that month’s working period and being taken as administrative fee….

Without looking back, Marni climbed in the taxi she was hiring and went to the family….

Marni can feel her heart beating fast and hard as she stands in front of the door of the family, wearing a little rumpled, worn-out dress she was carrying when she left the house….

Let me come by myself, Adam…. I have to face her by myself… She said when the young man offers himself to take her to meet his stepmother…

This is my fault… I have to take all the risks…. She thought, imagining the wrath that Martha will give her, including being casted away for good….

Giving a dep sigh, the girl then rings the bell….

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She couldn’t lift her gaze off the floor…. She was frightened; her finger twirls the edge of her clothes… Like a child who was caught being naughty, as she saw the angry look at her mistress face….

She was waiting for the storm to hit her, and it was agonizing since no words comes out her mistress mouth….

Suddenly, she feels a soft pair of hand hugged her….

And then a sound of cry…

Marni couldn’t believe what is happening right now…. Martha hugged her, crying….

Her mistress’ act makes Marni can no longer hold her tears and slumped to the floor, kneeling and grab the feet of her mistress, cries her heart out….

“Forgive me, Ma’am…. Forgive me….!” Cries Marni as she pours all the burden she carries in her heart, while Martha kneels in front of the girl…. Hugged her and cries with her….

“Never do that again, Marni…. Never run away like that again…. I’m worried, honey…. Are you alright…?” Said Martha that makes Marni cries even harder when she hears how the woman loves her so much….

They both hugs, cries together, releasing all the burden in their hearts….

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