Chapter 95

           

           IfinallysatdownwithWayanandtoldheraboutthemoneyI’draisedforherhouse.Iexplainedaboutmybirthdaywish,showedherthelistofallmyfriends’names,andthentoldherthefinalamountwhichhadbeenraised:EighteenthousandAmericandollars.Atfirstshewasshockedtosuchanextentthatherfacelookedlikeamaskofgrief.Itisstrangeandtruethatsometimesintenseemotioncancauseustorespondtocataclysmicnewsinexactlytheoppositemannerlogicmightdictate.Thisistheabsolutevalueofhumanemotion-joyfuleventscansometimesregisterontheRichterscaleaspuretrauma;dreadfulgriefmakesussometimesburstoutlaughing.ThisnewsIhadjusthandedtoWayanwastoomuchforhertotakein,shealmostreceiveditasacauseforsorrow,soIsattherewithherforafewhours,tellingherthestoryrepeatedlyandshowingherthenumbersagainandagain,untiltherealitybegantosinkin.

           Herfirstreallyarticulateresponse(Imean,evenbeforesheburstintotearsbecausesherealizedshewasgoingtobeabletohaveagarden)wastourgentlysay,"Please,Liz,youmustexplaintoeveryonewhohelpedraisemoneythatthisisnotWayan’shouse.ThisisthehouseofeveryonewhohelpedWayan.IfanyofthesepeoplecomestoBali,theymustneverstayinahotel,OK?Youtellthemtheycomeandstayatmyhouse,OK?Promisetotellthemthat?WecallitGroupHouse…theHouseforEverybody…"

           Thensherealizedaboutthegarden,andstartedtocry.

           Slowly,though,happierrealizationscometoher.

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