no one to help, I don

ople in our neighborhood will he

is to me, I shouted but

ize that there is someone t

don't allow my mum to di

er and use his car to r

e nurses rushed to us and help

r."I don't know where to run to, she is the

ng, my hands clammy and damp against my face. I kept glancing at the door, hoping the doctor would come out and tell me that everything would b

rs ago, and since then, it has always been me and Mum. We had our ups

nally emerged from the back, his face gri

d to my mum?" I asked, barely

re of the sterile walls or the flickering overhead lights. All I could think about was my mot

ehind us. He sat down slowly, running a hand through hi

full weight of the fear closing in around me. "

ed a severe heart failure," he said quietly, his words cutting through the air li

failure? But... but she's always been so healthy," I stam

nfortunately, the condition has progressed rapidly.

the world was crumbling beneath me. "What

risky, and it's expensive. It'll cost five million dolla

words seemed to echo in

oping I had misheard him. But the doctor sho

This is a specialized surgery. If

ad spun, and I thought I might faint. How was I supposed to come up with that kind of m

at kind of money! How am I supposed to get that am

ere firm. "I'm sorry, but that's the price. You n

there no way you can lower it? I'll sell everything

g look. "I'm sorry. You have two weeks. That's all I can offer.

stand there and tell me this without any sense of urgency? Didn't he understand? My mum was on the brink of death,

y's

iel so many times, and each time, I was met with voicemail. Why wasn't he answering? Wha

dn't answer my calls. I couldn't let this slide. He was mine, and he knew it. If Daniel Carter didn't get married to me, he wouldn

ing to wear something that would drive him crazy a sexy, form fitting gown that would leave him no choice b

Tyler I knew was a sucker for girls like me sexy, curvy, and ambitious. I wasn't going to let anything s

w my name. I would be the talk of the town, the wife of a famous,

wasn't going to let anyth

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on my chest. Five million naira. How? How was I supposed to find that k

who cared. My phone buzzed, and I looked down at it, hoping for some kind of miracle.

e didn't make it... I didn't know what I would do. I coul

this out. I needed to save her. But where would I eve

was sitting outside, casting a dark shadow over the world. I looked

ad to keep going. For Mum. I wouldn't give

't shake the thought that something, or someo