I Funded Their Trip With My Surgery Money
Before our graduation trip, three of my childhood friends and my boyfriend all come to me, one after another, asking to borrow money.
Drake Owens claims he needs it for his startup, Evans Harding says his mother has been hospitalized, and Finley Booker mentions an overdue credit card bill.
Finally, my boyfriend, Boaz Marshall, takes the money I had spent three years saving for my heart surgery. With reddened eyes, he says, "I only need it for two weeks, Ari. I swear on my life that I won't let it interfere with your surgery at all."
Then came the day my heart condition flared up again.
The doctor slams my test results onto the table and says in a grave voice, "You can't put this off any