CHAPTER 9

　　The only thing left to face is my parents, and I pack my belongings into my new environment. I knew better than to tell my parents that a man I just met was sponsoring my education. They would not believe it, and it would only make them uncomfortable to accept the proposal. I sat down and told them the most reasonable lie I could come up with: that I won a scholarship and my full tuition and cost of living would be taken care of.

　　"So you're going to be a graduate?

　　I'm going to be a mother of a graduate? Glory be to God!" My mother said she stood and began to dance.

　　"My daughter, I must thank you for taking the initiative, for being brave and smart enough to apply for a scholarship," I said.

　　"This is a great miracle and a good example to your younger ones. Congratulations to my child."

　　"They were so happy and grateful. If only they knew that a divorced man was sponsoring their child's education.