"Twen—Twenty pennies…" Sia replied timidly.
She kept her head down and did not dare to look Damien in the eyes. She had a simple and unsophisticated life her entire life. She had never dared to wish or dream too much. Twenty pennies would suffice to purchase medicine for her father.
'Twenty cents?' Damien frowned and bargained angrily. "No. I only have ten pennies to give you."
Twenty pennies were just a drop in the ocean to him. He bargained because he treated refugees like Sia the same as h