Vireo smiled miserably. "Also, ever since I could remember when I was about seven years old, I had to cook for myself. Whenever the family has any good food, it's all for my three sisters. There was never any for me. My sisters will have money for breakfast every morning when we go to school, but not me. The feeling of hunger was unbearable, so what could I do? I had to get up very early to cook for myself in the kitchen. Even so, grandma would still beat me up with her walking stick as she said