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Mom lay in bed crying, saying nothing.
Suddenly, the monitor beeped loudly.
Doctors and nurses rushed in, wheeling Mom
into emergency.
“The patient is critical, but we have a suitable
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kidney. Family needs to pay $20,000 for
surgery.”
$20,000 was too much.
Mom and I worked tirelessly, our savings were
a drop in the bucket.
I frantically called John.
“Dad! Mom is critical, needs $20,000 for a
transplant, please save her!”
“Wendy, you still want to lie with your
mother.”
“Let her figure it out and call me for money, I
don’t have time for this nonsense.”
The line went dead.
I called again.
The automated voice said the number was
disconnected.
I borrowed money, but it wasn’t enough.
“We’ve done all we can. Family can see the
patient one last time.”
The doctor shook his head and left.
My head spun, I retched, running to the
emergency room, kneeling before Mom.
“Sweetheart, Mom can’t protect you anymore,
you need to protect yourself.”
“Don’t rely on John, find your uncle, he’s
chairman of Zhenlong Group.”
“Mom regrets defying the family.”
“When you see your uncle, apologize for me,
tell him I was wrong.”
Mom closed her eyes, lifeless.
I cried, seeing Mom’s lifeless body.
I went home, sold everything, and took out loans to buy Mom a plot.
It was a place Mom always admired, joking
she couldn’t afford it after death.
Mom was poor her whole life. I’d make her
rich in death.
After the funeral, I sent the divorce papers to
Mark’s company, blocking him.
Soon. Mark called from a new number.
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“Wendy, you want a divorce? Are you crazy?”
“Who will want you after the divorce,
especially with Dad on my side.”
He was coaxing me.
I hung up, blocking the number.
John called.
“Wendy, where’s your mother? No news for days.”
I replied coldly.
“At Xiu Feng Cemetery.”
John’s voice was disgusted.
“Ugh! Tell her, Grace forgave her, tell her to
stop being a janitor, there’s an opening at Jianning Group.”
“My mother is dead, she won’t be there!”
