Despirations Cost

Lauren, the daughter of Mr McCarthy, he is also Melissa's father.

They both have the same father, that's why Lauren is being treated like trash and without regard in the house because they believed she was born out of wedlock and she and her mother are not worthy of being in their family.

She knows of all these but didn't bother or try to leave because she knows they are the only ones who could help in paying for her mother's surgery.

Her mother had been on the sick bed, and her condition is getting worse every day, with Lauren not being able to pay the surgery money.

She left the house late in the evening and went to the hospital where her mum was admitted.

Even though she is treated like trash there, she is allowed to leave the house whenever she wants.

She was told the doctor had asked of her, and she went straight to his office, she opened the door and greeted the doctor in charge, who quickly offered her a seat.

“I am glad you are here, i was about to tell the nurse in charge of your mother to call you” The doctor said and Lauren's heart skipped a beat while thinking of every worse thing that might have happened.

“Is there a problem?” She asks.

It felt like her heart was in her mouth as she waited patiently, staring at the doctor expecting him to say whatever was going on.

The way the doctor took time before speaking input more fear in her as she thought of one drastic thing, but Kline discarded the thought and focused on the doctor.

“Not really, but there might be a problem if we don't act fast,” the doctor finally says.

“Your mum's condition is getting worse, and we need money for her surgery,” the doctor said.

“We need to do it as soon as we can. otherwise, it might be too late” the doctor said, and Lauren bit her lips.

She knows she has nowhere to go and get the money or even borrow it.

She smiles and assures the doctor that she will work on it.

“You should do that quickly, please, so we can perform the surgery on her before it goes out of hand. Once it does, then surgery won't be able to solve the problem”

Lauren left his place and went to her mother's ward.

Her heart broke when she saw her mother. She looked lifeless. Lauren sighed and entered the ward. She sat beside her mother and helped rub her two hands so they could become warm.

A few minutes into that, she slept off, she was really tired, she barely had time to rest in the house as she was always working.

She woke up late the next day, she gasped when she checked the time and saw she had slept till the afternoon of the next day.

She stood up and rushed out of the hospital, and then she took a cab that drove her back home.

Inside the cab, several thoughts cloud her mind, and she thinks of asking her father if he would give her the money. She knows he might rebuke her, but she thinks of trying her best.

The cab dropped her, and she entered the house. She took a deep breath and walked in.

She gasped when she saw that it was the whole family that was there. She bit her lips and clenched her fist.

Fear and sweat covered her body. She had hoped to see him in private, talk to him, and beg him if he had a change of mind and helped him.

She knows him being in the midst of the family having a meal with them will make it harder for her to ask him for what she wants from him.

She stepped forward, and they all turned their attention to her when they saw her.

Melissa frowns when she sees her, she has always hated Lauren and never for once acts nice to her.

She feels like the lady might come one day and snatch away her father and that she doesn't want to, so she always makes sure she inflicts pain on Lauren in any chance she gets.

Melissa had been looking for Lauren around the house after that morning incident so she could give her plenty of work, but when she didn't see her, she had to give someone else to do the work.

“What are you doing here staring at us like that?” Melissa asks.

“I am sorry for disturbing your meal, I just want to speak with my father” Lauren said, mumbling the last word under her breath.

“Father?” Melissa asks and chuckles.

“You have no father here witch” Melissa half yelled.

She hated that Lauren had called him father, and she hated how that had sounded in her mouth.

She always imagines Lauren getting her father, and she is getting treated just like she treats Lauren, and those thoughts made her hate Lauren the most.

Mr McCarthy placed his hand on Melissa's shoulder and urged Lauren to speak.

“Mother is dying, she needs surgery quickly and i need money to pay, i don't have any and i don't have anyone to run to, please help me” Lauren cried out.

She went on her knees and clasped her two hands together. Melissa scoffed and rolled her eyes, seeing Lauren's behavior. As a pathetic and attention seeker.

“How dare you come here to disturb us with our meals asking for money for your stupid mother Surgery, she can die for all we care” one of the family members said and Melissa chuckled in satisfaction, she always loved The way they scold Lauren every time.

“But I need the money. If I don't pay quickly for Mother's surgery, she might die” Lauren said.

“Who cares if she does? She can die for all we care” They said and scoffed.

“Leave here now” one of the family members yelled.

“So much guts to come here and ask my father for money, you look so pathetic” Melissa said, and laughed.

“I should make a video of this” She brought out her phone, but before she could start recording, Lauren rushed out of the place.

She was sobbing as she ran out of the house and boarded a cab back to the hospital. She went to her mother's ward and hugged her.

“Why? Why do they hate me so much?” Lauren Sob.

“They have too much money and helping me won't cost them anything, but they won't do it” Lauren mumbled.

“They always treat us like trash and will never consider us as part of the family. They just hate us,” Lauren said.

“I can't wait for you to be well, mum, so i can leave that house”

She raised her head and stared at her mum whose eyes were closed.

Lauren sighed and held her mother's hand.

“I don't even have half the money we were asked to bring,” Lauren said.

She started rubbing her mother's hand again. She always did that every time she went there, believing it made her mum warm, and she also loved doing it.

She sighed and rested her head on the bed, thinking of what to do.

ALEX OFFICE

Alex sat on his wheelchair focused on his work, his face cold as usual, his sea blue eyeball moving along with the laptop as he operated on it.

He never gets distracted when working, his mind is always on work when he is in his office, he always makes sure he drops anything that would divide his mind when he is at work but there was something hovering in his mind that won't leave no matter how he tries to get rid of the thoughts.

He was also worried about why he hadn't gotten a reply from the McCarthy family. His mind wasn't in what he was doing, so he dropped it and wheeled to the window.

He could see the outside company from there, so he watched people walk around and also do different things.

As much as he hated to admit it, he was really worried, hoping his proposal might have not gotten rejected.

He calls Dan, and the guy rushes to his office.

“You called for me,” Dan said.

“I haven't gotten a reply from the proposal I asked you to drop. What's happening?” Alex asks.

“I also haven't seen a reply from them, sir,” Dan said.

Alex frowns while staring outside. His mind is far away, but it feels like he is watching everyone.

“What should i do, sir?” Dan asks.

“Just wait till when they send a reply, regardless, the wedding date is still on, and the wedding will go on” Alex said.

“But, what if it is rejected?” Dan asks, and Alex glares at him with his usual cold gaze.

“I am sorry, sir, I just wanted to know what to do if the proposal is rejected.” Dan rushed his words and rushed out of Alex's office.

Alex sighed, knowing that thought crossed his mind, but he discarded it, knowing he could never be rejected.