Chapter 32

Trinity

He had the driver take us to the hospital next, and I signed the documents with the clerk at the front desk, who seemed to be completely disinterested in being even a little kind.

He rolled his eyes and started processing the paperwork when I asked for a payment plan.

“If you can’t pay it, then we’ll transfer him. We only give treatment after we’ve been paid.”

My stomach churned. The person who called me from my father’s phone seemed shocked. I heard the doctors tell me that they’d put him on the schedule for the next hour for his operation because I had given them the authorization. The clerk said nothing more about it.

I couldn’t believe this was all happening. It would take a few days for the funds to clear my account, but I didn’t care. It would probably take a few days for them to process the payment, and even if it only took them a day, my bank would probably front the money as soon as they verified the source of it.

I was waved over to the waiting room, and I hoped t