
To Helen by Bella Han (audio)
Clarkesworld Magazine
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Helen's Tears
Helen's father went bankrupt a year after her wedding. He had hidden it so well that nobody had guessed. Years later I found out he had received a large sum of money before the bankruptcy instead of saving his company he used it to pay for my surgery. How is he doing now? Helen's size. Sometimes he thinks I'm still young and insists that I should get married as soon as possible. Other times he mistakes me for my mother who never got the chance to grow old. She lowers her head hiding her face in the steam.
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