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“Our boss is out of town for the next couple of days and won’t be back until Wednesday afternoon,” the interviewer explained, noticing Rebecca’s hesitation. “If you’re free, we can schedule your final interview for Wednesday at 3 PM.”

“Sure, I’m available,” Rebecca replied.

She thought, ‘Mom’s surgery is this afternoon. Even if something goes wrong, I should have time to deal with it by Tuesday. I still don’t know how much it will all cost, but I need to keep this job. Hope Jeffrey won’t mess this up.

After the interview, Rebecca went straight to the hospital. The surgery was still hours away, but her anxiety wouldn’t let

go.

She arrived a little after eleven. Timothy greeted her with his usual calm, his tone unchanged. “You know about your mom’s surgery, right?”

“Yes,” Rebecca replied, sitting across from him. Despite her soft eyes, she couldn’t hide the anxiety weighing her down. “How confident are you?”

“About fifty percent,” Timothy answered honestly.

Rebecca’s heart tightened. For years, her mom had been in a coma, unresponsive to words but with occasional reflexes that showed she was still alive.

But if the surgery failed, her mom would end up on a ventilator for the rest of her life. Rebecca couldn’t even bring herself

to think about it.

“We’ll do everything we can for your mother,” Timothy said gently, his voice warm. He had seen Rebecca’s devotion year after year. “Good people are always blessed by God.”

“If you need anything during the surgery, just use it. Don’t worry about the cost. I’ll pay it all back later,” Rebecca said, forcing a smile. Deep down, she knew the talk about “being blessed by God” was just meant to comfort her.

Timothy opened his mouth to say something more, but in the end, he just said one word. “Alright.”

Before confirming the surgery with Rebecca, Timothy gave Jeffrey a full update.

After hearing the details, Jeffrey had 3 million wired directly into the hospital’s account and told Timothy to do whatever it took for Rebecca’s mom, Amelia.

But the condition was that Rebecca must never find out. She needed to believe the money was all coming from her own pocket.

of work, secret arrangements like this weren’t uncommon. A doctor’s first duty was to

said gently, “Go grab something to eat. The

with the surgery so close, she couldn’t bring herself to eat. She went straight to her mom down in the chair by the bed, and began pouring her heart out to the woman who

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He didn’t want to disturb her, comfort her, or interrupt her.

wheeled into the operating room, and as the red light above the

voice rang out. Andrea, looking like she was ready for a photoshoot rather than a hospital visit, strolled over from the corner. “If you’ve got time, go

less why she was there. Her mind

to

heard from Jeffrey that your mom’s having surgery

gave a quiet, wry laugh to

Jeffrey tells her

here to check on your mom,” Andrea continued, her sarcasm fading as she became more

Talking‘ sign on the wall, huh?” Rebecca muttered, irritation practically

not being loud. This is barely a whisper,” Andrea

Rebecca just ignored her.

for a moment, it

herself. “If none chance at being lifelong

Rebecca shot back

had ever happened, do you

Andrea had always been restless, never the type to settle down. Even without all the drama, they were never

bet you don’t want him sticking his nose in your

at her, unsure where Andrea was going

Rebecca’s gaze directly. “On this, we

you trying to say?” Rebecca asked, suspicion creeping into her

condition is stable, you can take her and leave Jelasburg. If you agree, I’ll take care of Jeffrey and

Rebecca’s brow furrowed slightly,

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