summer 8, year 1
- death
Nami had known her strange surge of luck could only last for so long.
Dear Nami,
Ma's dead. A man from a far-off village came because he said we were in a will. She had a husband and a daughter. A whole family we didn't know about. They didn't know about us either, evidently.
I 'm writing in secret. Dad's furious. Will you now be coming home soon?
Love, Ari
And with a feeling close to guilt, Nami put down the paper without a single tear. She wished Ari's words were a surprise. She wished her father hadn't been right.