"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to spend all this money, Mom."

"That's not true," Jamie replied, hugging her son tightly. "You're a gift from heaven, my most precious treasure. You've never been a burden to me." Despite all the hardships over the years, she had never once regretted having him. He brought so much joy and purpose to her life.

"But, Mom, what about the medical bills? I hate seeing you so tired," Charlie said, looking up at her, his face full of worry. He didn't fully understand the challenges, but he could see that making money was hard for her otherwise, why would she look so stressed? Jamie fell silent, thinking it over. Even if she took on as many side jobs as possible, it would still take her at least two days to scrape together the $100 she needed, and the hospital wouldn't give her that long. Besides, more bills were coming, and there was no way she could earn money fast enough to keep up with them.

Unless... she used that card.

There was over $10,000 in it, enough to cover Charlie's stay in the hospital for quite a while. But it was Ben's money. If she touched it, would he find an excuse to make things even harder for her?

Jamie didn't know for sure, but she was determined. "Whatever he wants to do to me, I can deal with it later. Right now, I just need to pay these bills," she thought.

was late today because I went to the bank to get it. I'm going

eyes widened with curiosity. "Mom, where did you get the

about the bills. Just focus on working with the doctors, okay?" She reassured him, then went

the money from the card

suddenly received a notification about a transaction on his bank account. Opening it, he saw that the entire balance which was over $10,000, had been withdrawn

to

him, and he stood abruptly,

he announced, striding out of the room

he wasn't about to let her slip away, not

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