When youโve been poor all your life, you never really think it could be any other way. And sometimes youโre even happy, because at least youโve got your family and your health and your arms and legs and a roof over your head.
Marie LuSo, tell me,โ he whispers. โHow fast did you climb those fourteen stories?โ Thomas makes a disapproving sound in his throat, but I break into a grin. Stormโs past. Metias loves me again. โSix minutes,โ I whisper back to my brother. โAnd forty-four seconds. How do you like that?โ โThat must be some sort of record. Not that, you know, youโre supposed to do it.
Marie LuMy mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone sucessful, or even famous. I'm famous all right, but I don't think it's what she had in mind.
Marie Lu