âReally? Youâd better hurry up, or else I donât know if Iâll last till your wedding,â Ferris said emotionally.
âDonât talk like that. Didnât the doctor say you can be cured if you continue to receive treatments?â
Rowena Santiago said.
âBut the treatment costs so much money. Letâs forget it. Our family has so little money. Itâs better to leave what we have to you. lâonly hate myself for being incompetent and not earning much. I failed to give you a good life and caused Valda to suffer with us.â Ferris gave a long sigh.
âValda, persuade your uncle to get treatment,â Rowena Santiago shouted to Valda Theller.
âIs Uncle sick?â Valda Theller asked.
âYeah, Dad has been diagnosed with kidney disease. The doctor said he must be treated in time. If he delays his treatment, heâll probably need a new kidney to survive. But if he goes through treatment, heâll need imported medication for better results. But imported medication is expensive. One treatment plan costs half a million dollars. Our family doesnât have that kind of money,â said Wynne.
Ferris shouted, âIt costs so much money. Treatment? After one treatment plan, thereâs a second one⦠The treatment fee is a bottomless pit!â
âBut Valda has money now. Valdaâs boyfriend is the crown prince. He can easily pay for the hospital bills. Valda, donât you agree?â Rowena Santiago said as she looked at Valda Theller expectantly.
Valda Theller stared at her uncleâs family and figured out the intention of her uncleâs family.
They wanted nothing more than money.
âPlease show me Uncleâs medical records and examination report. Iâll ask the doctor for help,â said Valda Theller.
Rowena Santiagoâs expression changed. âMedical records? Ask a doctor? Whatâs the matter? Donât you believe that your uncle is sick?â
âIâm just trying to find out whatâs going on with Uncle. If he needs money for treatment, Iâll pay for a part of it,â said Valda Theller.
âOnly a part of it? Valda Theller, you have such a rich boyfriend. How can you only pay for a part of it when my father is sick?â Wynne said, looking upset.
Valda Theller retorted, âYou know heâs your father too, so shouldnât you contribute the most? My boyfriendâs money belongs to my boyfriend. He has no obligation to lend me money.
You can say youâre only âborrowingâ it, but you might never pay it back.â
âYouâ¦â Wynneâs face instantly reddened. âIsnât it easy to ask your boyfriend to borrow you some money?â
âWhat happens after I ask him? Will you write an IOU? Will you put up this house as collateral? If you canât pay, will you sell the house and other family assets to pay the debt?â Valda Theller asked rhetorically.
âThatâs enough, Valda. You donât have to borrow us money if you donât want to. Why say such things? I think of you as family, but you donât. If your father were still alive, he would be so angry that he would slap you in the face for haggling over everything!â Ferris snapped.
Valda Theller stared at her ârelativeâ. Her father would probably have looked like her uncle when he was old, but her uncle was not her father after all.
âIf my father were still alive and knew that the inheritance he left me could only get me a small apartment after I became an adult, he would be heartbroken and outraged for the injustice Iâve suffered,â said Valda Theller.
Ferris became furious. âWhatâs the matter? Are you complaining now? Donât you know how much it costs to raise a child?â
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