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I opened my eyes and took the phone, and I heard him say, “Your sister will
be picking you up later.” He continued, “Come home early after visiting your
father. Don’t talk too much to your sister. I’m busy today, so I won’t be coming
back.”
I answered, “Okay.” He emphasized it by saying, “It’s related to work.” I
remained silent. “Remember to feed Vivi,” he continued to nag, “but just in
moderation; don’t feed it too much water too.” I muttered, “It is not Vivi!” He
replied, “Indeed, you’re crying!” He sounded relaxed and somewhat gentle,
and he said, “No wonder you’re not talking.” I answered, “No, something’s
wrong with my throat. In fact, I’m happy.” He was laughing, and he asked,
“Why?” What’s so funny? I wiped off my tears and said, “I’m happy because
you’re not here… I have freedom for a day.” He instantly hung up the phone.
I was just ready when Anna was here; she did not come up; Mrs. Sullivan sent
me down instead. Anna pretended as if nothing had happened between her
and Mrs. Sullivan, and she happily chatted with her. But her face turned cold
once the car started to move. I tried to talk to her. “Anna, is your injury better?”
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“Yes.” The scars on the face were lighter than before; it seemed that she
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disliked this topic, so I said, “Thanks for sending Auntie Sidney to help me.” Shel
ignored me.
The hospital was near; we got there in no time. She pulled the car over in the
parking lot, and she lit up a cigarette with the car window open. “You can go
up by yourself.” I asked, “Aren’t you going to?” She answered, “I was there
yesterday.” I was not surprised by her attitude today; my mother passed
away a long time ago. Anna was much older than me; she seemed to be
good at handling people in public, yet she was always stern with me.
I went up to look at my father; he was getting slimmer as his life depended
on the machine. I talked to him for a while, and I made up fun school stories
to tell him. The doctor waved at me at the door, and I walked out of the ward.
We had a casual chat at his office, and he gave me the treatment plans and
the bills. “We diagnosed your father and came up with treatments. One, he
could undergo a surgery that cost five hundred thousand dollars, but the
mortality rate was 30%. Two, just maintain the current treatment, and it costs
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more.
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Compared to now, 50 hundred thousand dollars were actually not expensive;
the current treatment costs 10 thousand dollars per day. But the 30%
mortality rate was too risky. I asked, “Can my father wake up without
undergoing the surgery?” He answered, “It’s all about luck. I hope you can
have a discussion with your sister; she agreed to it yesterday. But, according
to the written document, you’ve got the right to decide. The earlier he
undergoes the surgery, the higher the success rate.”
I arrived at the parking lot and saw Anna happily chatting with a young man.
He was fit and looking good; his clothes were worn out yet tidy and clean.
Anna liked this type of man. They continued to chat and add each other on
social media, and the man left unwillingly.
She rolled up the window and was about to drive. I pressed her hand and
said, “Anna, I knew about what happened.” Her facial expression was cold,
and she remained silent. “I’m not angry.” I knew why she was acting this way,
and I said, “You married him for the sake of our family, and I always enjoyed
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the benefits brought by the Nyra Corporation and also your sacrifices. But…
can you please talk to me before making a decision next time?”
She finally looked at me and said, “I’ll pay for the surgery. But if you disagree
with it, you’ll be paying the rest.” I asked, “Why? The mortality rate is too high;
we will regret it for a lifetime if our father’s dead.” She replied, “I won’t. If you’re
worried, just think that the decision was mine. He has always been a strong
and proud man,” she continued. “If you let him choose by himself, he will go
for the surgery too.” I said, “No, this is our father; not any unimportant thing.”
She said, “He has lost his senses; he might never wake up if he missed this
surgery. Do you think that he wants it this way?”
“But our father is only 50 years old. And he’s always healthy; let’s wait and
see if there’s any.” She snapped, “But I don’t have the money!” She continued
to say, “Our stock has been dropping drastically, and I heard that Liam
wanted to sell the corporation at a low price. He is on it already. There’s
nothing else that I can do at the moment.”
I was shocked and asked, “Why would he do this?” She sneered, “Why? Don’t
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you see it now? The Nyra Corporation is useless to him now! Judging from
the situation, the corporation needs at least five more years to stabilize its
earnings. And now he has to do it in secret because if the world knew that
you gave him the corporation for free, his peaceful days would be over. The
Shaw family might let him go, but the public won’t!” Anna snorted, “It’s
impossible for Ms. Shaw to have waited for him that long, so now is the
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perfect timing for him to sell the corporation. “After all, her family will give him
a lot of benefits.”
Anna knew more than me, and her news should be accurate. I asked, “Then
what can you do now? Why would changing the person in charge of the Nyra
Corporation help?”
“The corporation was gifted to Liam because I had no choice back then. If he
were to sell it now, he must be convincing someone stupid to buy it from him.
And the corporation would only end up in bankruptcy.” She sighed and said,
“So, I must sell my stock before he sells it.” If she did not sell it now, she would
only end up in debt. I said, “Let me talk about him.”
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“Dummy, there’s nothing else to say.” She grabbed my shoulders and glared
at me. “The mistress back then was easy to deal with! But Ms. Shaw is on
another level; how dare you try to go against her? Just get a big sum of
money from Liam and get a divorce now! Even if the money is less, that’s
okay too! I can’t be able to help you if anything were to happen to you next
time!”
