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I never saw Dominic again after that.
Not long after, the school was completed, and we received a significant donation from Blackwell Enterprises.
I didn’t refuse it.
It was an opportunity for these kids to escape the limitations of the mountains. I had no right to turn it down.
Most of the children in the village were like me–left behind by their parents.
I stood by the mountain roads, watching group after group of students leave, brimming with excitement and hope.
The shy, uncertain girl I once was seemed to fade with each wave goodbye.
I didn’t just want them to leave the mountains.
I didn’t just want them to leave the mountains.
I wanted them to stride into their futures with confidence and pride.
-The End-
