Suddenly, my sleep broke. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw my phone was ringing. Kimura had called.

  When I put the phone to my ear, Kimura began speaking with excitement,

  "Hey, Hiroshike, why is there no news about you at all? And one more thing—I got a Golden A+. I went to your house to know your result, but even after calling for a long time, no one came out. I know you did well too, and because of the fear of giving sweets, no one came out—good."

  After hearing this, my body started burning with anger. It felt like if he were in front of me, I would really beat him until he became unconscious.

  Without saying anything, I cut the call.

  Then I looked toward the window and saw that it was already morning and train standing at the station. Without wasting time, I got down from the train with my bag. Standing at the station,I looked around. A completely new world was floating before my eyes. Nothing felt old.

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  Maybe this was the first time in my life that I had come this far alone—without anyone's help. I looked at the station clock and saw it was 9:20 in the morning. Beside it, a board was showing,

  "Welcome to Chittagong."

  I wandered around the station for a while.

  Then climbed the stairs to the overpass and looked around carefully. Compared to our station, this station was much bigger. So many trains were coming and going at the same time. I stood there for a while, staring at the trains.

  Suddenly, my stomach growled. Then remembered that I had not eaten breakfast. I took out my phone and saw it was almost 10 in the morning. I quickly left the station. Looking around, I saw many people moving about and many big buildings all around.

  I looked here and there for a food hotel or restaurant, but I couldn't find any. So I started walking from the station. While walking along the sidewalk, suddenly phone rang again.

  I took out the phone and saw—it was mom calling. Inside my mind, I wanted to cut the call and throw the phone far away. But instead, I kept it in my hand for a while. After some time, the call ended by itself. Immediately, I took out the SIM and threw it far away. No SIM, no calls. Then I calmed myself and started walking again.