Chapter 4 A Huge Sum
It felt like I, the actual wife, was the one who didn’t belong.
Everything looked so wrong to me.
Hearing the footsteps, Lamar looked up and saw it was me. He immediately let go of Matilda.
Alexandra, I…
I raised my hand to cut him off and walked over to Matilda with my stethoscope, looking at her coldly. If you’ve got a concussion, you need to stay in bed. What you’re doing will only make it
worse.
Just as I stepped out of the room, I heard a loud thud behind me.
I turned around and saw that Matilda had fallen off the bed.
Right after that, a tall guy rushed past me, sprinted to Matilda,
picked her up, and laid her back on the bed.
Mattie!
Lamar was worried.
Matilda had tears in her eyes. Waaah, it’s not Xandra’s fault. I
was clumsy. Lamar, you were with me all day yesterday, and I
get why Xandra is so mad.
You’re too nice for your own good.
Lamar turned and glared at me. What are you standing there
for Get over here and check on Mattie! If anything happens to
her, can you even handle the blame!
I didn’t budge.
Playing the victim and trying to pin stuff on others were
Matilda’s usual tricks.
A few colleagues rushed into the room at the sound.
When Lamar called again, I was sitting in the expert
consultation room of the Thyroid Clinic at Lakefell Medical
Center.
Ms. Harmon, with your condition, you can’t work night shifts
anymore, said the expert, his hair tinged with gray.
He took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on.
He continued with a straight face, While it’s still early, you
should get ready for the surgery as soon as possible. The longer
you wait, the more problems you’ll have.
Chapter 4 A Huge Sum
So, how much would the surgery cost
My voice was hoarse and shaky.
Including the postoperative treatment and the cost of imported
meds, a conservative estimate would be around 80,000 dollars.
80,000!
Even though I made over 1,600 dollars a month at Benevolence
Hospital, that amount was still a huge sum for me.
Not to mention, my family had been flat broke. The gifts Lamar
gave me three years ago went straight to paying off my family’s
debts.
And my grandparents, who worked so hard to raise me,
were
now old and often sick. I couldn’t possibly ask them for money.
