Marcus approached the stray woman as he called her his aunt. The woman froze and turned her hazy eyes to Marcus. The tears from her eyes flowed down her cheeks, washing the dirt away as they went. She looked at Marcus with blood-like tears falling from those eyes. In a hoarse voice, she asked, "Young man, what...did you just call me?"

Marcus stepped forward and held the woman's hands in excitement. "Auntie, you are my aunt, right? You are not the child of my step-grandmother, but my actual gran