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Hanging up the phone, I no longer had the heart to continue these meaningless arguments with them. I turned and hurried to the hospital.
I grew up in a single–parent family, relying on my mother since childhood. She was the most important person in my world.
On the way, I kept trembling, constantly urging the driver to go faster, just a little faster.
As soon as I arrived at the hospital, a familiar nurse came up to me: “Mia, what’s going on? There’s no money in your card! Your mother is waiting for the surgery fee to save her life!”
Hearing her words, I incredulously opened my phone to check what was going on, but when I saw the salary payment message, I was stunned.
Forget about any extra top salesperson bonus, I hadn’t even received the most basic performance commission.
There was only the most basic salary of $200, not a cent more.
$200 wasn’t even enough to cover my mother’s ICU expenses, let alone the surgery.
And the few thousand dollars that were originally in my card had disappeared.
Without time to think too much, I still called my boyfriend, wanting to borrow money from him to help my mother temporarily get through this crisis.
Even if he could just be by my side right now, that would be good.
But one call, two calls… no one answered, and eventually, the number was blocked again.
The light in the operating room flickered on and off, and I rushed up.
Before I dared to ask about the result, I met the doctor’s apologetic eyes: “I’m sorry, Miss Sullivan, we did our best.”
I walked dejectedly in the hospital corridor, trying to convince myself to accept the reality of my mother’s passing, when I saw a familiar figure – William Carter.
Just as I was about to go over and question him about why he didn’t answer my calls, the next second, a girl threw herself into his arms.
It was none other than Jennifer White.
The girl’s coquettish voice reached my ears: “Brother William, thank you for coming to see my father with me. My father is very satisfied with you and said that as soon as he’s discharged, we’ll set a date for both our parents to meet.”
Hearing this, William’s face lit up with joy, his tone full of doting: “Baby, your father is my father. Isn’t it only right to visit when he’s sick?”
“My parents have been urging us to get married for a long time. They even said it’s my good fortune to marry you!”
“Now that we’re together, what about Mia Sullivan?” Jennifer deliberately provoked.
“Why mention her name? It’s so unlucky. I’ve wanted to break up with her for a long time. She’s just a woman from the countryside and from a single–parent family. How dare she think she can marry into my family?”
“If it weren’t for the fact that she was willing to spend money on me when we were dating before, and that face of hers was somewhat passable, I would have broken up with her long ago.”
“Ever since her mother got sick, she’s become so stingy. A few days ago, I asked her to buy some gifts for my family, and she even refused. What’s the use of keeping her around?”
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“Going out to so many drinking parties every day, she’s probably been used by others long ago. She’s still pretending to be pure and innocent with me, who would believe her?”
“Unlike you, baby, you belong to me alone.”
“Baby, don’t worry, I was just playing around with her. It’s only after meeting you that I realized who I truly love.”
William’s words nailed me to the spot.
