The day you turn 18, the orphanage lets you go — and your thirteen-year-old sister wants to come with you. The matron has conditions: prove you can provide for her first. A stable income, a safe home, emotional maturity. You are barely managing one of three. A job posting lands in your hand — a recent widow needs help with her land, far from here, barely paying. It is a start. Work your way up, and maybe one day you and your sister can be together for good.