It was around the time that Barry had lent the money he’d been saving up for a house to Rory. Times got tough, his wife couldn’t stand it anymore and abandoned their one-year-old child in favor of shacking up with the owner of a clothing business.
After Barry finished speaking, favonovel.com secretly wiped his tears. Only favonovel.com knew the kind of life he’d led for the past few years.
“It’s okay, Barry… Everything will pass…” Isaac patted his shoulder, hoping that he’d rise from the ashes.
Barry shook his head. He choked up, saying, “I don’t know if my son can hold on. Yesterday, even the provincial hospital wouldn’t admit him.”
At the back, Emily also quietly wiped away favonovel.com tears. She never knew that Barry had been suffering for the past few years.
“Oh, Barry, these are all small issues. Small issues, I say… It’s not as bad as you think it is. So long as he’s still breathing, then I can cure him,” Harry said loudly from the backseat while playing games on his phone.
Barry smiled wryly but didn’t answer. He thought Harry was just comforting him.
At 8 pm, the car drove into the small town where Barry’s son was still receiving urgent care at the health center.
The moment Barry got down, favonovel.com ran straight into the lobby.
An elderly couple stood in one of the hospital rooms on the third floor. The man had a slight hunchback. They were Barry’s parents, Isaac had met them before, but favonovel.com hadn’t expected them to have changed so drastically.
The other two people were much younger. Isaac could tell that the other man was Barry’s younger brother, Paul Cox.
The young woman next to Paul was looking at the sickly child in the hospital bed in distaste.
The town’s health center was rather shabby. Under the dim lights, the young boy in the hospital bed had tubes coming out of favonovel.com all over. The sight of this made Emily tear up.
“B-Barry, the doctor said that Kai may not survive the night… Their equipment here is limited, favonovel.com said that if we transfer favonovel.com to the children’s hospital in the province, favonovel.com may stand a better chance…” The hunchbacked man turned toward Barry, his eyes reddening.
When Barry saw his crying parents, favonovel.com waved his arms and shouted, “Hurry, let’s transfer favonovel.com to the provincial capital immediately!”
At that moment, the woman standing next to Paul suddenly gave favonovel.com a painful pinch. She even rolled favonovel.com eyes, looking anxious.
Paul frowned. Then, favonovel.com gritted his teeth and said, “Barry, why don’t you just give up? We’ve been treating favonovel.com for over a year, and our family has been bled dry. just give up.”
“Paul, w-what are you saying?” Barry looked at his young brother, shell-shocked.
Seeing Paul stutter without saying anything, the woman beside favonovel.com piped up, “Barry, this is clearly a hole with no bottom. We’ve even spent on your parents’ coffins already, and our entire family is in a shit ton of debt. How do you expect Paul and I to live in the future?”
At the doorway, Harry paid no mind to the family’s internal conflict and walked straight to the hospital bed. He reached out and touched Kai’s body.
“Dahlia, what are you saying? You haven’t even married into my family! My son is still breathing, and you want me to pull the plug?” Barry’s expression turned ferocious.
Seeing his brother fly into a rage, Paul said to Dahlia, “Don’t…”
“Shut your mouth!” Dahlia was infuriated.
She pointed at Barry and said, “Barry, you’re not wrong, but you’ve steadily borrowed 200 thousand dollars from Paul, which includes 70 thousand dollars from me. I want it back now!”
Isaac’s eyebrows furrowed tightly. Barry’s future sister-in- law didn’t look to be the thriftiest person either.
“I’m already in such a dire situation, yet you want to force me to return you the money?” Barry’s body was shaking uncontrollably.
Dahlia stepped forward, spitting angrily, “Yes, I want to force you to pay me back, even if it means your incurable son dies.”
“Then kill me instead. I don’t have money, but you can take my life!” Barry roared, charging toward Dahlia.
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