Behind the billonaire's mask
e billona
pte
ie's
l, I saw Isabella waiting o
exclaimed, tea
I asked, my
ng her, the doctor
trying to
tor emerged, looki
I asked, tears th
er?" He asked. I no
these days?" the doctor's tone wa
w it was this ser
inoma, a type of kidney cancer. It's aggr
ld cru
e done?" Isabella ask
my to remove the affected kidne
hispered. The
ump form i
asked, dread
hough, but approximately fifty mi
asp
ble," I stammered. "Wher
ithin three days, if you don't want to los
lla grasped my han
money?" Tears flowed freely as I stumbled tow
o comfort me, bu
see her,"
oxygen tubes in her nose,
rt sha
pered, grasping
dn't r
her bed, tears stre
this be
in my mind: "Fifty milli
oss
e, holding her hand,
lution, I need to look for a w
'How much can you raise? I think I have up to a million dollars, we will add yours and
dollars?" I
" Isabella said,
feeling
lion dollars also." I said
draw it," I said. "
," Isabella promise
my hands shaking as
ing the cash. I withdraw all
rs. I rushed back to the hospital, clutching the thr
widened as I han
lion!" she
d, hope
ind the doc
e for the docto
ng us to the doctor's office wh
ee million dol
ced at
he scoffed. "It's nothi
thing. At that moment, I wished he would help m
r with this paltry sum?" The
urge of de
s all we have." I
to better go and lo
doctor's off
darkness
k you should go h
sure?" Sh
nd go to my workplace tomorrow, to
her tomorrow while you go in
u so much izz
lla n
er leave, f
r than before. I sat beside mom
this be
, then Alex's betray
life s
wardly. Why did
se, God, don't take her away fro
through t
llion dollars. My eyes remain
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eamed through the
early, concern et
r workplace, around 8a.m wh
explained my mother's condition to him and how i need m
'm not authorized
e hospital, and rushed to
. I cried until exh
nd saw a man sitting beside her
we brought the money. I wasn't able to see him well back at the do
arp jawline and full lips curved into a subtle smile, radiating confidence and charm. His broad shoulder
Sophie, righ
y chest as his smooth
don't want my voic
lying here fighting for her life." I tho
said. "I've been
What did he want
our mother?" He asked,
ion is this? Why w
d, almost in
pital bills, and any debts you may ha
ng tricks on me? I looked towards Isab
dition," Julian adde
skipped
I was ready to do
contract." He said, h
ntract?" I asked,
. I gazed at the paper and froze before raising my head to look at hi
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