Chapter 1
Walking out of the hospital, Alicia Mayer hovered on the edge of anxiety and desperation, her face ghostly pale. The doctor’s words still rang in her ears. “Ms. Mayer, we’ve been waiting for three days. I can only give you till the end of today. If your brother’s medical bill isn’t paid by midnight, the hospital will stop his treatment.”
Alicia didn’t know what to do, her hands were tied–she couldn’t come up with the cash for her brother’s medical expenses in such a short time or even reach out to her boyfriend, Matthew Gibson, whose phone kicked over to voicemail.
With no other choice, Alicia grabbed a cab to Matthew’s house ile was super private, and she’d never drop by without an invite. But today was an exception.
