A seventy-year-old mother went to her son’s house, hoping to borrow money for her heart surgery. But instead of providing help, he handed her a packet of instant noodles and politely sent her away. When she opened it later that evening, what she found left her trembling in disbelief…
It was a rainy afternoon in the outskirts of Quezon province. Dolores, her back slightly bent and a cane in hand, trudged along a muddy gravel road. Hanging from her shoulder was a faded cloth bag carrying a few medical papers and some loose pesos barely enough to buy bread and salt.
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