My husband d/i/e/d, and I chose to stay and raise his three brothers to go to school. But when the day came when they were successful, they left the village one by one and disappeared completely.

In the middle of the village—in front of all the people who once called him a “fool”—the three men he had raised embraced him at the same time.

— “We didn’t come back… not because we forgot you…”
— “But because… we want to come back with something to be proud of…”
— “We want to give back everything you’ve done for us…”

The whole ship was silent.

No one could speak.

Si Maribel… Their hands trembled as they caressed their faces.

— “I thought… You have left me…”

Umiling you Rico.

— “Never, Sister. You became our mother… You are the reason we are here today.”

Joshua stepped forward and held out an envelope.

— “This is the title to the land and the house… “This isn’t your home anymore, my dear.”

Nagtaka si Maribel.

— “What do you mean?”

Joshua smiled and pointed to the back of the house.

At doon…

That’s where he found it.

A new house—big, sturdy, and beautiful—stood on that land.

He hadn’t noticed it earlier because he was so surprised.

He was backwards.

— “This… Is this …?”

Tumango is delicious.

— “For you, Sister.”

— “We put our savings together to build that.”

— “It’s not just a house… It is a new beginning for you.”