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Before I finished, Dad shouted, "How much do you think you can get from begging by the street? What a shame of you and all of us if any of our relatives or friends see you!"

I didn't reply him, turned around and took my money box. I opened it and let the money poured onto my bed. Coins scattered, some small amount of paper money showing $2s and a few $5s, but there were five pieces of them showed $10.

Dad looked at it and took those $10s, then said, "How did you get this, my daughter? I hope you didn't steal."

"Did I just surpass your daily income?" I said confidently, although now I think it was impolite.

"Spyronze was there. Yes, Spyronze Ramsquad the pianist, together with his friend Enrique the chef, Nathania, who often appears in tennis matches, Princess Emily and another unknown girl. They stood in some distance from me, but they were watching. Spyronze came to me alone to put the money,saying that he enjoyed my playing and told me to keep up my spirit. So I will not stop and I will do this again on the second day of the Christmas."

"But the way you play your clarinet.. it must be nothing compare to the music he listens everyday on concerts or at the palace." Father remarked.

"Yes, he only said he enjoyed it, so it didn't mean it was virtuosic or in amazing tone or whatever. I've said to you, Dad, and I wrote it in the board that always accompanied me, 'My name is Melinda. I do this for my own will and my own heart.' That's why I get their appreciation."

I took another plastic bag which was obviously have better quality than any plastic bags in our house, "So, for now, let's enjoy our dinner. And..this is from Princess Emily. A sweet and sour fish and a steam fish. I brought this home for our dinner tonight. I hope the whole family will enjoy it."

Both of us were silenced for a while, then Dad turned to me and hugged me, lowering his voice and said warmly, "I love you, Melinda. Happy New Year."
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