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exclaimed, tea

I asked, my

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trying to

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I asked, tears th

er?" He asked. I no

these days?" the doctor's tone wa

w it was this ser

inoma, a type of kidney cancer. It's aggr

ld cru

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my to remove the affected kidne

hispered. The

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asked, dread

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ble," I stammered. "Wher

ithin three days, if you don't want to los

lla grasped my han

money?" Tears flowed freely as I stumbled tow

o comfort me, bu

see her,"

oxygen tubes in her nose,

rt sha

pered, grasping

dn't r

her bed, tears stre

this be

in my mind: "Fifty milli

oss

e, holding her hand,

lution, I need to look for a w

'How much can you raise? I think I have up to a million dollars, we will add yours and

dollars?" I

" Isabella said,

feeling

lion dollars also." I said

draw it," I said. "

," Isabella promise

my hands shaking as

ing the cash. I withdraw all

rs. I rushed back to the hospital, clutching the thr

widened as I han

lion!" she

d, hope

ind the doc

e for the docto

ng us to the doctor's office wh

ee million dol

ced at

he scoffed. "It's nothi

thing. At that moment, I wished he would help m

r with this paltry sum?" The

urge of de

s all we have." I

to better go and lo

doctor's off

darkness

k you should go h

sure?" Sh

nd go to my workplace tomorrow, to

her tomorrow while you go in

u so much izz

lla n

er leave, f

r than before. I sat beside mom

this be

, then Alex's betray

life s

wardly. Why did

se, God, don't take her away fro

through t

llion dollars. My eyes remain

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eamed through the

early, concern et

r workplace, around 8a.m wh

explained my mother's condition to him and how i need m

'm not authorized

e hospital, and rushed to

. I cried until exh

nd saw a man sitting beside her

we brought the money. I wasn't able to see him well back at the do

arp jawline and full lips curved into a subtle smile, radiating confidence and charm. His broad shoulder

Sophie, righ

y chest as his smooth

don't want my voic

lying here fighting for her life." I tho

said. "I've been

What did he want

our mother?" He asked,

ion is this? Why w

d, almost in

pital bills, and any debts you may ha

ng tricks on me? I looked towards Isab

dition," Julian adde

skipped

I was ready to do

contract." He said, h

ntract?" I asked,

. I gazed at the paper and froze before raising my head to look at hi

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