The next morning, Yolan reads the letters she has written to her mother. She tells her that her school basketball team has just won the national championship, and she is very happy about it. She also tells her mother that two months ago, an earthquake struck her province and she was afraid that her husband would die. She dug him out with her bare hands, but after she woke up, everyone told her that he saved her husband's life. She says that she still loves her husband, but that she has lost the right to succession for his family and does not have any dowry.