After settling the payment, they returned to the front of the ICU.

Cole slowly stood up from the bench and said to Craig, "Take care of Cami. I'm heading home for a bit."

Craig nodded in agreement.

The hospital was eerily quiet in the dead of night, broken only occasionally by the hum of machines and the hurried footsteps of nurses.

Camila and Craig sat outside the ICU on a bench. Their figures were lonely under the dim lighting.

Dawn broke. Cole appeared at the end of the corridor, hurrying towards them. He thrust a bank card into Camila's hand,

"Cami, here's $200,000. You can cover your mom's expenses with it."

Camila stared at him. "Cole..."

where his father had

don't have much savings," Cole said, scratching his head with a goofy smile. "Recently, a young guy wanted to buy my grocery store. Surprisingly, he was quite decisive and came over to sign the contract early this

been his labor of love for many years

sold the store. What about your future..." Camila tried to give the bank card back to Cole. "Don't worry about the money. You've met my mom's goddaughter, Erica. She's wealthy, but she's abroad right now. I can borrow from her

an advance on my salary. Please

his head

grocery store

diner. There'll always be food on

mouth to respond but Cole waved her off. "Enough now. Go and pay for

you back slowly." Camila knew further discussion was futile, so

Camila

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