The Gold Dress
It was the summer I was 17, and I had just finished school. Both my parents were at work, and both my younger brothers still had school. But since my exams were finished, I was on holidays. During the day I was free to hang around the house alone, and do what I wanted. We were quite a happy family. I felt like we were always blessed with good health, and reasonable wealth. My parents both had good jobs and were able to afford a big house. In fact, back then, my parents were the only...