Chapter 3

I sat in the hospital hallway all night.

I didn't go back into the room.

I kept going over everything on the phone.

Chat logs, transfer records, photos, and the deed to the house.

Every single one was like a knife, cutting into my heart.

At 4 a.m., I started doing the math.

My salary over the past ten years had gone from 2,000 dollars to 5 thousand dollars.

Taking an average, that was 3,000 dollars a month.

3,000 dollars times 12 months times 10 years equals 450 thousand dollars.

Plus the 50 thousand dollars my mom gave me as…