Chapter 1My feet dragged slowly as I stepped out of the hospital’s glass doors. The afternoon sun felt too bright and heavy on my shoulders. My chest felt tight, like a cold stone sat right over my heart and would not move.For one whole year now, my grandmother has lain in that ward, fighting lung cancer. Every day I worried. Every night, I prayed she would get better, even though deep down I knew the truth. The doctors said it was end-stage. She would not last another six months without constant care.Today, after I sat beside her bed and held her thin hand, the finance officer called me over. He handed me a folded sheet of paper with a sad, pitying look that made my skin burn.I unfolded it. My hands trembled so much that the edges crinkled loudly. The total bill was huge. Far bigger than anything I had expected.I bit my lip hard to hold back tears. I was called a rising starlet now. More roles have come in these past months. But almost every penny I earned went straight here. Fo
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