Chapter Three

Savannah woke up the next morning to find herself sleeping on a bed with the man from last night. She frowned and stood up from the bed only to discover that she was naked. She was shocked and sharply turned to look at the man, he was also naked and Savannah quickly guessed what could have happened between them the previous night.

She was heartbroken and broke down in tears, how could she have allowed a stranger take advantage of her. She stood up and picked up her clothes that were on the floor and wore it then went back to seat on the bed.

The man's eyelashes fluttered slowly and his eyes opened, he turned to look at Savannah who was sniffing. He stood up from the bed and started wearing his clothes, he didn't spare Savannah a glance and she was furious. 

After wearing his clothes, he was about to walk out of the room but halted, he turned and came over to Savannah. 

"Here." He threw an envelope of a substantial amount on the table.

"What! You want to pay me off for that?" She said looking angry. 

"Yeah. Isn't that enough?" He asked looking like he didn't care.

Savannah stood up from the bed and slapped him hard. "How shameless!" She said and hissed.

"There's nothing shameless here Miss," he said looking nonchalant which made Savannah infuriated.

"How can you be so heartless?" She yelled. "You took advantage of me and now hear yourself!" 

"How does it concern me? It's not like I forced myself on you. We were both drunk at that time and had sex, I don't understand why you will put the whole blame on me when the both of us was actually at fault" He retorted and she slapped him hard again. 

"Keep your filthy money" She said through clenched teeth and walked out of the room in tears. What an heartless man! She thought as she walked over to the boss of the pub.

"I see you really enjoyed yourself," the man mocked and gave her her payment, she snatched it and walked out of the pub with the money in her hand.

Outside the pub, she cleaned her tears with the back of her palm. She stood at one corner of the pub and counted the money she had been given.

"Fifty dollars," she murmured and sighed, she had three hundred dollars in her saving box and the money for her brother's treatment was ten thousand dollars. "Arrgh…still not enough! " She said to herself and headed to her apartment.

Savannah got home and cried, she was so heartbroken and blamed herself for being reckless. She decided to visit her friend Lucy and tell her about it.

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"I'm sorry about that Savannah," Lucy said after listening to Savanna's heartbreaking story.

"Damn him to hell Lucy! He couldn't offer and apology!" Savannah cried and was hugged by her friend.

"It's alright," Lucy comforted.

"I can't let this slide Lucy! I really can't let this issue slide!" She said through gritted teeth.

"Do you know the man?" Lucy asked and Savannah shook her head. "So how do you think you can bring him to court when you don't even know him?" She asked again and Savannah was stunned, how could she not think of it? She had let a stranger take advantage of her and wanted to bring him to court when she didn't even know him.

The thought of it broke her heart and she broke down into fresh tears.

"Even if you know the man Savannah, you cannot win this case since the both of you were in a drunken state" Lucy said and Savannah nodded in approval. Truly there was nothing she could do and it was nobody's fault.

"To hell with him Lucy!" She yelled. "It's all my fault for letting my guard down! And the heavens are not spared!" She said.

"I need to see my brother's doctor," she said and stood up.

"It's going to be alright Savannah, do take care of yourself,' Lucy said and escorted her to the door. 

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"Miss Louis,is this all you have?" the doctor asked as he stared at the notes Savannah had given him. 

"Yes doctor," Savannah replied looking embarrassed, she knew the amount she had gotten was not enough. 

"This is nowhere near the medication bill," the doctor said and dropped the money on his table.

"Please doctor, just keep it and I will come back with the rest of the money." She pleaded.

"This is your brother's life we are talking about Miss Louis," he said. "I'm sorry I can't take this little amount of money" he added and returned the money back to her.

"Doctor please," she pleaded.

"Miss Louis, I have given you a lot of chances! There are so many people out there that also need this chance," he said.

"Please doctor," she cried as her vision became blurry, her tears were too much and were blinding her.

"Miss Louis, until you pay your brother's medical bills, no treatment will be given to him!" The doctor said and Savannah knew that was the final thing. There was nothing she could do that could make the doctor change his mind, he had done his own part as the doctor and it was left for Savannah to do hers.

She stood up from the chair and grabbed her money, she murmured a goodbye to the doctor and walked out of his office. She went to her brother's ward, he was sleeping when she got there and she took a seat beside him.

He looked pale, a strand of his hair was on his face and Savannah shoved it away. She moved forward and kissed his forehead.

"Just a little more time Jaden," she whispered. She stayed for a while and later left when it was half past three. She needed to look for more money, she needed real jobs, she needed…argghh! She was so frustrated.