No Name

I would be staying at Ah Yee’s for a while. Her head down, Mother took the red envelope from Ah Yee’s hand. She won’t look at me. She refuses to see my tears. As she walked out the door, I imagined myself calling for her, begging for her to take me back. But even my imagination knew. Mother was pregnant and Grandma has been telling her for years that there’s no use for a girl in the family. I’m no longer their child. I can’t carry their name. I am nameles