Can’t Win Me Back

-Clarissa jolted in fear.

“Besides, don’t you know how much a kidney transplant costs? Your dad still proved himself useful to me when he was the Attorney General years ago. I would have seen it as an investment and saved him back then.

“But he’s a dying old man now. Why would I waste my money and energy on a man who’s about to meet his maker? I’m not doing charity.” Josh looked away in disdain and snorted. “If your dad could wait, make him wait. If he can’t, he only has himself to blame.”

After Josh left, Clarissa fell on her knees helplessly. She covered her face and wept.

In the evening, Clarissa changed into simple clothes to visit her father, Oscar Sparks, at the hospital. She covered every inch of her skin from head to toe to hide her bruises and scars from Oscar.

Oscar had weakened to a point where he struggled to speak. Still, he tried to stop Clarissa from worrying about him because he was aware of her suffering in her marriage to Josh.

Had the Schmidt family not financially assisted the Sparks family, the Sparkses would have gone bankrupt. It was all thanks to the Schmidt Group that Clarissa’s brother, Hendrix Sparks, had a job. As a result, Oscar dared not ask for more.

of getting water and sobbed inconsolably

gave Oscar a month to live. A kidney transplant was their final hope, but the

of trying, but she couldn’t bring herself to give up on him. As a daughter, she wanted her dad to live. Moreover, Oscar was the only reason that kept her going. If

then, she heard the steady sounds of leather shoes and the crisp clicking of

“Ms. Sparks.”

couldn’t help but marvel at the clear and melodious voice. She slowly raised her swollen

looked like

did not put on any

man from the Schmidt family could hold a

did not exude the same

like a leader, even

of a real leader. No woman except for Alyssa was good enough for him. They were indeed a match