His Half Brother Wants Me

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hand shook as I handed

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ing like this ha

ll, concern prominent in his gaze, "I hope everything tur

efore tears clogged my

d past the glass doors of the hospit

even tell anyone before leaving work,

in, was it e

esignation letter was

I raked my fingers through my hair frant

ad, and the only parent I h

could never bring myself to call him my fathe

I knew, especially since I had

, as I wouldn't stop bugging her about why I was

w better than to brin

that my mum and I we

eal scrubs called me as I walked to the

er's condit

I nodded fervently

lied, offering me a handshake, "I'm Miss Ali

um told me about you. It's sad we are

d, "I found Giselle laying lifeless

the universe going

cleaner at

suddenly up and leaving us, and subsequently, my birth

job, but I knew my mother must h

am career, she had somehow managed to change

here, and I hadn't even had the chance to even meet the kind M

g her," I said, an

uring squeeze, Miss Alice said,

entire being, "It's serious, isn't it? Is

speak to anyone who isn't Giselle's family," Miss Alice rep

and vice versa, thus, I

me?" I asked, when Miss

r family," The older woman divulged,

absentmindedly fidd

hers, "But don't worry, I will be right there a

roaked, swallowing the lump

u the best." She replied, before

ter, sh

e's advice and gave the door a light k

h a dreadful sense of apprehension, t

I came face to face with the doc

paused to read the name

hen motioned to the chair in fro

oping that I appeared as calm as I

has cancer?" She asked, an

. My mum didn't say anything about that to me. How long

ctor said, her eyes brimming with concern, "I'm your mum

y voice a shaky rasp,

less tight, however, panic s

ng to the test that was conducted earlier, has now unfortunately metastasized to her o

d, as my hands flew o

for her to have been carrying that

k keeping it to herself

's next now

e months ago, but due to lack of funds, she couldn't," The doctor divulged, and my heart sank, "Given how things ha

thing cost?" I was n

ss," Doctor Jones replied, before sl

st my ribs as I beheld

red and seventy thousand

to be a n

ears, I wouldn't be able to

ed to even get a huge amou

den need to get out of her o

essen the torrent of thoughts

said, "I-I will

ld respond, I exited

," I told Miss Alice as sh

ed, seemingly under

ngue as I dragged myself out of the hospital,

colorful poster caught my attention, pull

55-0199. At Stanford loaning services, we offer financial

utely no way th

money without ask

businesses like this one, and people who were desperate an

nce, I continued walking, the phone nu