know we’re in desperate need of money, but this money belongs to Michael! We can’t use it! I frowned in helplessness at the thought of that.

“Don’t worry, Mom, I will work hard and provide for our family. This money doesn’t belong to us, so we really shouldn’t be using it.”

 

I tugged at my mom’s arm and tried my best to explain it in hopes that she would understand.

However, she pulled her arm back and shot me a fierce glare as she replied, “I don’t care! This money is in my hands now, so you’re not getting it back! Besides, that man is your boyfriend, isn’t he? What’s wrong with me accepting money that he offered?”

“It’s not what you think, Mom! He’s just my boss, not my boyfriend!”

 

I didn’t know how else I could explain it to Mom. I don’t know who Michael could be dating, but it definitely isn’t me!

“Why would he give us a hundred thousand out of the blue, then? Let me guess… You found yourself a rich boyfriend but are afraid of us becoming a burden, right?”

Her eyes were filled with suspicion and anger when she said that. I knew I had pissed her off, but her words hurt me more than I had expected them to.

 

After everything I’ve given this family all these years, this is how my mom thinks of me… If what she said is true, then I would’ve thought of them as a burden a long time ago!

“How could you say that, Mom? I’ve provided for this family for so many years without a single word of complaint! Haven’t you realized that by now?”

 

in my eyes as I stared at my mom

Steven wasn’t bad enough, she even went as far as denying

her eyes

and it hurts me to see you working so hard every day out there. Now that someone has given us

is nothing going on between us, so we can’t accept

when I saw my mom still refusing

been as good as gone the moment she got

care! I’m not giving you the

would never hand over Michael’s money, which added

belong to us!

lose my temper

I? He’s your boyfriend, so I’ll just take it as a wedding gift in advance and ask

what I said, because she

too far, Mom! I told you, he’s not my boyfriend!

care what you say! I’m not giving up the money! Look, your brother got himself into a huge gambling debt a few days ago. I’ve just paid it off for him, so

few days, and they’ve already used up the money to pay off his gambling debt? I was so close to exploding

How am I going to

for me, so it would take me forever to pay Michael

to pay him

from my monthly paychecks to the family! I’ve been paying for everything in this family for

to muster every ounce

much did Steven owe?”

“Sixty thousand,” Mom replied.

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