Chapter 1

[Beep][Beep][Beep]

Only the sound of the heart monitor Tanya heard in this quiet hospital. Tanya let out a sigh as she looks at her sister who are in the hospital bed.

“What am I going to do…” Tanya mumbled to herself as she holds her sister’s hand who is in a coma, she lowered her head, placing her head on her sister’s hand.

Suddenly, the opened quietly along the sound of footsteps was heard by Tanya. She looks at the side and saw the doctor walking towards her.

“Miss Tanya” the doctor spoke as she stops beside Tanya. Tanya stands up from the seat with her hands together, she rubs her palm with her thumb, Tanya usually does this when she’s anxious or scared.

“Miss Tanya, your sister needs surgery, luckily she doesn’t need it for now but it’s better if she had surgery right now” the doctor stated as she looks at Tanya’s sister with concern.

“I…I’ll see what I can do Doctor” Tanya responded to the doctor as she put her right thumb to her left palm, pressing her thumb to her palm.

The doctor decided to give Tanya some time alone, she quietly left the room. Tanya sat down on the chair, she looks at her sister before closing her eyes and resting her head on her hand.

“What should I do…” Tanya muttered to herself, her head tilt head upward with both of her hands covering her nose.

The sound of an alarm ringing made Tanya suddenly open her eyes, she looks at her phone and turned off the alarm on her phone.

“Haaaa, right, job” Tanya let out a sigh before standing up to her seat, she took a glance at her sister before letting out a small smile.

“I’ll come back” she walks toward her sister and rubs her hand before turning, walking toward the door.

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“Your late” a middle-aged man spoke to Tanya; he looks angry at Tanya. The middle-aged man sighs as he feels disappointed in her.

“This is the 7th time in a week, I have no choice but to fire you” he added as he shakes his head while he holds his head with his head.

Tanya’s eye widens when she heard his word, she pressed her thumb to her palm. “Wait, please! I need this job” Tanya pleaded to her boss, she took his hand and plead

“Sorry…” The man apologized as he looks at Tanya with a slightly apologetic look, he removes Tanya’s hand from his. He took something from his pocket and gave it to Tanya.

“Here, your last salary and you don’t need to come here now” he added, he took one last look at Tanya before leaving her behind.

‘too bad I had to fire her, her look would make a great profit in the shop’ he thought to himself as he closes the door, leaving Tanya outside the shop.

Tanya stands in a daze while holding her salary, she unknowingly crumbled the envelope where her salary is inside the envelope.

Her head was lowered, her bangs covered her eyebrows and eyes, covering her mood.

After a while, Tanya lifts her head. Her eyes reddened a bit, she wipes her eye with her hand. She looks down at her hand, she sees her hand crumpling her salary, she releases the grip on her hand.

“Haaaaaaaa” Tanya let out a big frustrated sigh. She clenches her hand; her nails dig into her flesh that it almost bleeds.

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[Bam]

The sound of a door gently closing echoed to the quiet house. Tanya removes her jacket and throws it on the couch, she walks over some junk on the floor as she walks towards the couch. She lay down on the couch with her arms in her eyes.

The whole living room was dark, only the window is the source of light however the window had blinds on them, giving a little light in the room.

Tanya’s eyelid felt very heavy, she started dozing off as she felt her tense body start to relax.

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[Ding][Ding][Ding]

The sound of consecutive notifications woke Tanya up. Tanya opened her eyes; she grabbed her phone and take a look.

The sudden brightness caused Tanya to squint her eyes, she lowered the brightness to her phone before opening her phone look at the notification that she got.

The notification was from one of her friends, it was a text about someone hiring someone. Her friend's text pique her interest, she clicks the link and saw it was staff hiring from the club that one of her friends works at.

Tanya read the information, hoping she can get the job for her sister’s surgery. Her eyes dimmed when she finished reading all of the information, she turned off her phone and put it back on the table.

Tanya sat up from the couch as she groans, she scratches her hair before standing up. She walks toward their kitchen and took a glass of water; she felt her throat was dryer than her dry clothes.

Tanya chugs the glass of water, her dry throat now felt moist. She wipes the corner of her mouth with her wrist, she then put the glass on the counter. ‘I need to find a new job’ she thought to herself as she looked at the empty glass.

Tanya went back to the living room and grab her jacket and her phone; Tanya wore her jacket and walk toward the hallway that led to their front door. In the hallway, there’s a wooden shelf, at the wooden shelf there’s a picture frame that has been flipped over.

Tanya didn’t fix the picture frame, let alone notice its existence. She grabs the door handle, pulls the handle, she leaves the house as she gently closes the door.

Tanya inhales deeply, inhaling the air coming from the city. As she walks over the road, she overheard some old man talking in the alleyway.

“Hey, I heard some gamblers won some big money” the middle-aged man with a big belly spoke as he exhales the smoke.

 “Those b*stard got lucky, I heard they have 1 million, I can’t believe a b*start like them got a big money like that, it should’ve been me!” the other middle-aged man shouts as if he’s drunk, his left hand is holding a bottle of beer.

“Haaaa, now, now, don’t shout” The other middle-aged man who has been smoking, calming down the drunk middle-aged man.

Tanya who eavesdrops in their conversation started walking as soon as she heard enough, her hands are inside the pocket of her jacket, she walks on the road while her mind is up thinking.

‘Huh…1 million, that might be enough’ she thought to herself as her head tilted downward.