The Contracted Wife

and influential Torres family, a shockin

y as screams and shattering

ne unfold before my eyes. My grandmother's face was twisted in a fierce sc

t know? You seduced my son into marrying you just to inherit his properties. You poverty-stricken being!

at my son is dead, you'll leave this house with nothing! You came here with nothing, but you've managed to produce a bastard. You'l

with your mother!" she commanded, her eyes blazing wit

e?" My mom asks as tears flo

sacrifices I made to make sure this family didn't crumble,

in her voice

tears. I couldn't bea

o from here?

ctress for these ungrateful brat

e you nothing, Bitch! Get lost and let's enj

ll the cops!" My gr

hivering as the rain poured down on me. The icy droplets seeped th

ravagance? I wondered, as I stared at the beau

t and onto my bare skin. Tears streamed down my face, mingling

e was laced with a sense of urgency, as s

and uncertainty. "We have nowhere to go!" I screamed, r

to my level and enveloped me in a warm embrace. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. I couldn't

er hand, and we stood up, continuing our journey through the relentless downpour. The

ances. Our bank accounts had been seized, leaving us with not

We begged him to take us as far away from the neighborhood

ity, he

eks, and our strugg

o keep us alive. She worked

her privileges w

d in no time we got acc

ng on a project when I got called by our n

y mom! Cancer!" I exclaimed, refusing to believe the doctor's words. "But how?" I as

ained, his voice detached. "You have only two weeks to raise the $100,000 needed for the operation. If not, she'll...she'll pass away. Time is o

my voice shaking with despair. "First, my dad, and now my mom?" I collapsed to the floor,

" the doctor said curtly.

my brain, trying to think of someone or somewhere

ven a loan becau

to my father's family, but

sage popped up on my phone screen, a