Summary
Sixteen years ago, on a snowy winter day, my mother rescued an orphaned girl, took her in as a maid, and kept her constantly at her side.
Sixteen years later, that orphan had become my father’s favorite concubine.
On another snowy day, she threw my gravely ill mother out of the house, leaving the two of us with nowhere to sleep but the streets.
I gripped Mother’s hand and told her not to worry.
“Ran is all grown up now, and I’ll take back everything we’ve lost.”