One Night With Me

The heart isn't pumping enough blood so many of his organs are

was getting better. The

ital bed where Allen was. A pale and corpse-like thirteen-ye

sit down", the d

stomac

just t

how it used to. The only solution now is surgery. A transplant specific

d falling. He looked so peacefully completely unaware o

ney", she whispered.

ed, "I'm reall

door leaving Alina al

her tears back as she knel

y, Allen. I don't

rushing Allen's pale face. Allen was fighting a

we

to find

llen in the hospital every night. But the surgery bill wa

ighter and the room colder. She gently kissed her brother's

ft the

he hallway, the weight of ever

a cold, empty h

campus. Her body was moving but her mind

r that there's no

ched the law school, he

sed c

her Family Law professor. She has rescheduled the sam

pounds of heartache behind her. Her stomach churned from hunger, her vision blurr

oom she rushed to the fro

loane called out. "You ar

oat, "I know. I am so so sorry. My-

dlines, you are behind in your projects and if the scho

dn't f

dn't n

lready knew wha

ut the dorm she couldn't afford to live in the city

am sheet from her professor, her han

to the world outside their academic bubble their single focus on cases and preced

ath sentence. She hadn't read. She barely at

any sense. Her mind was still at the hospital plus her body was

o Professor Sloane with her head bowed. She couldn't bring herself to meet he

ng the door. She dropped her bag on the floor, collapsing onto her

all to one side and readjuste

esterday. Maybe the day before. She had

ching and she

denly banged open, lo

bed, her phone on speaker mode in one hand and legs cros

idn't

es for almost a year

a gala. You never know who you might me

rich people don't pay attention to us poor people. Plus it's a charity event for s

a fr

very fancy one in midtown. Uh, what

ople get treated there. CEO's, billion

spit

hosp

's ho

that Mathias King and Kor

re so lucky to get to

in. We all get our uniforms tomorrow and it's a huge event

king about high society here. Plus an event that is exclusive, filled

to pound. She rolled over to face the

azy enough

lready absurd

to back down from the

room and then sat up. Bonny neve

fingers trembling from the litt

harity gala. The hospital bo

one conversation to

t. She could c

ped: "Fountain Hospital

adline from the Chi

ual Midnight Gala at the Galaxy

mes. Her screen was cracked making it difficult

xy H

n't sur

ring arched windows. She had once applied to be a cleaner there, apparently you needed to be qualified t

on the eve

ck-tie only. Invitatio

ossy image displayed champagne flutes, gold and black decor, velvet c

list?

ity?

r mind was ridiculous

her scholarship, h

hing wi

used to be such a troublemaker, laughing a

lso for herself. Her dreams o

d now there was even the

ked her phone screen, her eyes fixed on t

d was m

o sneak in, she was goi

atter