"No, it's just the way my life is meant to be. It's not your fault. It's all on me. I was too content before, and maybe that's why life's thrown so many challenges my way."

Annis, though an orphan, had been taken in by kind people. She had a worry-free upbringing, basking in the love of her adoptive parents.

She had been fortunate.

But it seemed her Luck had run dry.

Overwhelmed, she broke into tears and said in a raspy voice, "I need to ask you for something!"