"Please, don't do this."Lorrie Elmundo’s voice trembled as she stood in the middle of their suffocatingly tiny living room. Outside, rain battered the windows in a relentless, rhythmic assault, while inside, the sharp, sterile smell of cheap medicine lingered heavily in the air.On the worn-out sofa, her mother coughed weakly, a sound so fragile it tore at Lorrie’s heart. She was too exhausted to speak, her pale eyes wide with a mixture of terror and defeat. Beside her sat thirteen-year-old Leo, his knuckles white as he clutched his school bag against his chest like a shield.And standing before them all was the man responsible for their misery. Her father, Carlos Elmundo.A gambler. A liar. A man who had spent the last ten years chasing phantom luck while his family drowned in the very real debt he accumulated. Today, he couldn't even bring himself to meet his daughter's eyes."They'll kill me, Lorrie," Carlos whispered, his voice cracking with a coward’s desperation. "If I don't gi
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