Page 484 - Thorn In The Heart

Thorns in the Heart I

" She was different with Mss. Cuc and Lan, who came in here. "
Tuyet replied

" Tuyet, What different was she? "

Tuyet ga a quick looked at Phuong.

" The way she talks..., her clothes..., her appearance to the
people and her especially was friendly with anybody and real close to
him ."

Phuong narrowed her eyebrows.

" How do you know all of this...? " Phuong asked.

Tuyet smiled and looked out the window.

" My mom told me about that, but she came and stayed here
only one

time then I do not see her again. " Tuyet replied, then she
looked at

Phuong.

It seemed uncle Nguyen had girlfriends, who work in the bar,
they are immoral and prostitutes too. " Tuyet said.

" How could you know? "

" My mom ... "

Phuong feels ashamed... She tries to hide her sobbing by looking
at the ceiling and laughing. Suddenly, she thought :

" Yes, I was the girl at a bar and a bad attitude! This soul and
this body are fading from the passion of the buyers and sellers. I'm
the kind of persons, who is despised by the majority of the
population. People think I was indulging in the sins of the flesh; I was
immoral and the scum of society. People are defamed, disgraced,

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