The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 149

Dylan looked at her tearily. “Really?”

Melanie tried to pull her up, but Dylan was too strong. Melanie could not drag her up at all.

Dylan quickly stood up on her own. She wiped her face and anxiously grabbed Melanie’s hand. “Mel, I’m sorry, but I raised Peachy with my own hands. I just can’t…”

Melanie’s mind was calm. As she listened to Dylan’s rambling, she realized that she barely felt

anything for her mother anymore. “Just tell me what the hell is going on.”

Dylan began to wipe her tears again. “The doctor said that Peachy needs a new course of medicine to survive from now on, but the medicine costs tens of thousands of dollars every month. How can I possibly afford it?”

Melanie’s heart sank, and she pushed Dylan away. “I’ll ask the doctor.”

“He’ll say the same thing if you ask him. Oh, heavens, why us?!”

Melanie picked up her pace as Dylan wailed behind her.

Xander gave chase as she left the ward in a hurry. “Wait, Melanie.”

a little upset right now, so she turned to Xander and said

“I have a friend

quickly took out his phone. After a while, he said, “I just

a deep breath and

you.”

was talking about the files she had organized that morning. Melanie was still pale, and she could not even

arrived at the doctor’s

accompanied her inside. The attending doctor’s diagnosis was clear. Peachie was born with this illness, and that

Melanie nodded.

make

Xander returned to the ward,

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to her feet quickly. “The doctor said

lying on the bed.

asked her mother, “Why

question. “How can Peachie be malnourished? I’ve been keeping her

told you.” Melanie considered throwing caution to the winds, but she quickly decided against it. Her voice was much colder now. “Isn’t Peachie your beloved daughter? Or was that

tried to explain, but she just could not find the words.