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Sure, the house had been too creaky and leaky in the past few years, but it had been a haven. The only good place she’d ever known.
It was all thanks to her grandmother, the woman who was her everything. They only had each other, and Leah would rather work herself to death rather than see her nana suffer the painful death she would be forced to endure if she didn’t get the medication on time.
Leah smiled wider, even as her heart broke all over again.
Once her nana fell asleep again, she’d call every hospital in the world to get those drugs if she had to.
“Sorry I’m late.” She bent down and kissed her grandma’s forehead, lingering. “My boss wanted to go over the plans for tomorrow.”
“Why are you so sweaty, dear?”
“Oh, you know how I love to run. I was close by, thought I’d jog here.”
Leah’s stomach rumbled again. She covered it with a cough. The last thing she wanted was her grandmother worrying.
“Good.” Her grandma nodded, sounding like she did before she’d collapsed in the kitchen three months ago. “No money in this world can buy health, you need to take care of it yourself before the doctors have to do it for you.”
Leah bit her tongue. Money had bought it so far. But with the shipment delayed, the cost would go up, and even if the doctors found the medication, what if she didn’t have enough money and—
“How was your day?” she asked as she busied herself with snapping off the wilted rose petals.
Her nana yawned. She was a few minutes away from falling asleep again. “Quite eventful, if you can imagine.”
“Oh? Did you finally beat Mrs. Anderson at Bridge?”
“I think her holo-cards are rigged.” Her grandma sighed, eyelids slowly closing. “Sorry, they’ve already given me the sleeping pills for tonight.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Sometimes, Leah just kneeled next to the bed and held her hand, watching her breathe.
As long as she had her grandma, she had hope.
But it was strange. The nurses usually gave her the sleeping pills after Leah left.
“Anyway,” Nana went on, yawning wider. “I had some visitors today.”
Leah laughed. “That cute doctor you’ve had your eye on?”
“No, he retired a week ago. Such a shame.” A few seconds ticked by. Leah was convinced her grandma had fallen asleep when she went on, “Some people in black suits. They kept asking a lot of questions.”
Leah frowned. The doctors here knew better than to tell her grandma bad news before she heard it first. “What kind of questions?”
“Health,” she mumbled, barely getting the word out.
Tears bit at the corner of Leah’s eyes. Her grandma was getting so frail.
“Who were these people?” Leah asked, already knowing her grandma had fallen asleep.
“Guilty as charged,” said a steely voice from behind her.
Leah whipped around.
What the—
A short man with snow-white hair and dark sunglasses stood in the room, flanked by three big burly bodyguards. They were all dressed in black suits and had blank faces.
“Who are you?” Leah asked, instinctively drawing closer to the bed and shielding her grandma.
She didn’t know who these people were, but they felt cold.
