"My mom and I only had each other. When I was ten, that white man suddenly came back and told my mom he could take both of us to his country. She was so moved. She thought her suffering was finally over."
"My mom and I went with that white man to his country. He took control of me and forced my mom to work in 'special services.'" Keith Coleman said this, then turned his face to the side.
Rose Shaw felt a pang in her heart, but she didn't know how to comfort him.
"That went on for five years. My mom's health got worse and worse. It was only later that I found out she had contracted a disease a long time ago and didn't have much time left. For those five years, she refused to get treatment. Instead, she secretly saved some money for me, found a Chinese person, and asked them to send me back to our home country."
"And then?" Rose Shaw asked softly.
