letter from his outstretched hand, wondering what it

cuments she needed and made sure their accounts and tax b

y's logo and their name spelled out in fin

if understanding her unspoken questi

its content, then looked up to Rhys and then to the

say?" Rhys ask

the laundromat and the restaurant have been bought, as has the land around th

roach you to buy thi

hey would buy the two buildings and leave

"Perhaps you want to visit our neighbor? He mig

haps they were thinking too much about the situation; perhaps they

und her neck and sat on a stool close to the la

r open and saw Rh

" He asked carefully, trying not to ma

lding back a tear that threa

his palm over hers. "Its nothing." He said

his desk earlier. That was how he knew she was dist

ive years ago and how much both of them had grown aro

s powerless on her own; there was nothing against the force of

e took care of them both, providing for them emotionally and mentally, so tha

st day he met her. It was what had d

on attire, had proudly been waiting for the arrival of his mother. He w

ooked towards the road expectantly, waiting for the money. His mother would run towards him, wide arms, with a proud

ted in his pocket, and the next voice he h

ed in a ghastly car accide

still, he had not made it to the hospital in

t followed were dark and foggy. Rhys remembered trudging around town like a gho

pot where he would end this life an

man, who, without a voice, had saved him from t

e saw that she was just a stranger. She hand-drew him from the ledge and pulled him into her arms, cuddli

him to use her leg as his pillow, until he woke up.

and written something th

yes. But it is also

m eat. Although she never once opened her mouth, he could feel her in his thoughts and read