Chapter 3

After sending the message, she glanced at her bank account—12 thousand dollars. Every penny Franklin had given her over the past three years, she never spent; she returned it all to him.

Now her dad needed surgery, and it would cost 150 thousand dollars. Where was she supposed to get it?

There was a knock at the door, and Nicole poked her head in. "Ms. Pater, the hospital director wants you in his office. He said he needs to talk to you."

"Got it," Sherry replied, standing up and straightening her white coat before heading to the director's office.

She…