BOUND BY BLOOD AND BILLIONS
"I wish I could help, but my hands are tied. You have until tomorrow morning to make the payment, or we'll have to transfer her to the county general."
County general. Where poor people went to die.
I stumbled out of Violet's room, my legs barely holding me up. In the hallway, I collapsed into a plastic chair and buried my face in my hands. Ten thousand dollars might as well have been ten million. Even with Alexander's five hundred, I was nowhere close.
Alexander.
The card was still in my pocket, slightly crumpled from my shaking hands. The elegant black lettering seemed to mock me: Alexander Richie, CEO, Richie Enterprises.
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