Novelas y relatos de Unpayable Debt

Lots of questions were running through my mind as I thought of all the jobs I was going to be taking to be able to pay off this medical debt that’s about to be hanging around my neck. I don’t have much in my account and the money from Burke wines monthly pay wouldn’t sum up to ten thousands dollars for at least five months and that’s if he’s being generous. “I’ll pay it, I can pay it in installments, right?” I asked and Anna tilted her head to the side, “I can’t afford to lose them and I can’t give up on them so you have to help me do all that you can.” I begged, holding her hand as I stared at her with tear filled eyes.

BEVERLY’S POV I stare at the stack of unpaid bills spread across the tiny table in my dimly lit apartment. The once-bright place now feels like a suffocating cage. Each envelope represents a weight, heavy and unyielding, pressing down on my chest. The worst part? This is not my debt. I never asked for this, yet it now consumes me.

“I promise next Wednesday… I promise… Next Wednesday I’ll return your money…” “Last week, you said this week you’d pay your debt. This week, you say again next week, you’ll pay your debt. So, when actually are you going to pay your debt, Buddy? Next week and next week again, you hope that I can forget about that money and you can be free from your debt, don’t you?”

school? “How am I supposed to pay a debt I didn’t even take or can’t pay “I say as the panic finally sets loose in overwhelming force. “What about my residency applications”I say almost hysterically as my voice rises. “My friends I can’t just abandon my life to pay a debt I didn’t rack up”I say softly biting my lips as my hands rake through my hair confused as the room starts spinning. “Well Ms. Kira I have no answers to this questions of yours. If you can’t pay me my money then I guess you need to start getting acquainted with your new home.”He says in a stupidly calm tone his answer hitting harder than a slap.

"We'll hire some tough guys to go collect the debt. I don't believe that mother and son can stay defiant." Julie was even more troubled. "Where would I find such tough guys?" "If you don't know any, hire some muscle." "But with a $20,000 debt, will there be anything left after hiring them?" "Who cares if there's nothing left? It's about standing up for yourself." Julie sighed, "I think we should just let it go, like throwing money into the sea." "Why let it go?" "I'm exhausted. I've already lost seven years, what's another $20,000?"

Fuck. Fuck! I couldn’t even afford a slice of bread, and they expected Seven million? On top of that, there were other debts. Different places. Different people. I was going to die. Because of money. I stumbled into my bedroom and grabbed my phone from the bed, dialing the only person I trusted. “Hello? Leo?” Relief flooded my chest when I heard his voice. “Max,” I croaked, gripping the paper tighter. “They say I owe Seven million now. What am I going to do?”

Hunter looked at the graphs on all three years. “In 2020 his company did okay, 2021 was the highest income and then this year the company is doing even worse than 2020.” Angelo looked at Hunter as if he was supposed to understand something. When Hunter didn't say anything, he continued. “Right now, Robert Holland is in no position to pay back a one and a half million debt, in fact, he might need to borrow more. So, he won't pay the money he owes us, at least not this year. He's just not telling us that.”

Tired of the debt that never seemed to shrink. "I know," Sophie said simply. "But tired isn't the same as done. You're allowed to be tired, Em. You're not allowed to quit." Emma wasn't sure she knew the difference anymore. But she was still breathing. Still here. Still fighting, however reluctantly. The debt could wait. First, she had to survive long enough to pay it.

"She died and he was grieving. You cannot expect someone to think about debt payments when they just lost their wife." "I expect people to honor their agreements." The woman's voice did not rise to match Bianca's. It stayed calm, controlled, which somehow made it worse. "I expect people to understand that when you borrow money, you pay it back. That is how the world works." "But two point three million dollars? That is insane! No one can pay that back. You know that is impossible." "The interest rate was clearly stated in the contract your father signed. He knew what he was agreeing to."

If Anthony was unable to pay up these debts, he would forever owe it to Annabel. Whenever a human owed something to another human, the matter instantly became complicated… Of course Anthony understood this. Charmine said this to him on multiple occasions: there were many things money could not fix... In this situation, perhaps only…