For the next three days, I looked after my mom while scrambling to raise money wherever I could.Her specialty drug alone cost several thousand dollars a month. Add the monitoring fees, nursing fees, and the cost of the bed, and it was a bottomless pit.I sold everything I could sell. All I had left was a single watch, the one my mom gave me for my thirtieth birthday.On the morning of the fourth day, I got a call from the hospital."Mr. Weaver? Your mother's condition has taken a sharp turn for the worse. Get over here right now!"When I reached the third floor of the hospital, I shoved open the door to her room and froze on the spot.Oliver was sprawled in the chair beside the bed as if he owned the place, holding that month-old baby.My mom was propped up against the headboard, her face as gray as a sheet of paper. Her eyes were wide, her lips were purple, and her whole body was trembling.When Oliver saw me, he didn't bother to get up. Instead, he deliberately held the baby
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