You Hit My Heart

Chapter 7

eat the grouper rice from the place around the corner? There are still some details I need to check with the bedside doctor.”“Hmm,” Justin responded as he pushed his wheelchair to the floor-to-ceiling window.The feeling he had was complicated, contradictory, and chaotic. Naturally, he wanted to stand up.But once his legs were cured and she finally put down her responsibilities, would there … be no more involvement between him and her …At least now, because of his legs, he was able to keep her around.Thinking about it, his mind was in turmoil again.He suddenly felt overwhelmed by his fear. For two years, both before and after the injury, no matter how hard he tried, he just could not get her heart.“Then I’ll go and you just wait for me here.”Joyce gently closed the door and walked out of the room.Not far from the hospital room, Joyce received a call from the hospital billing center.She frowned and had a bad feeling in her heart.She lowered her voice and picked up the phone. Trying not to be heard by Justin.“Hello, how can I help you?”“Hello Ms. Joe, you need to pay an additional $300,000 for inpatient surgery prepayment.”“What?!” Joyce was surprised, “The patient just checked in at the ward today, didn’t I pay enough for the deposit?”“Here’s the thing, after Doctor Channing looked into the condition of the patient, it was decided that we would have to ask Doctor Smith who is a Mufron specialist to come over for this operation and that we might need to use the latest technology for bone nailing. This is the only way to maximize the effectiveness of the surgery. That’s why you will need to pay another $300,000.” 300,000 …Where would she get so much money? When she knew Justin’s surgery would cost her about $1 million, it took her two years to raise the $500,000, and she asked Luther for another $500,000 for the fake marriage. Now she’s asking for another 300,000?“Miss, if you have any problem with that, you can check out of the hospital first and come back when you have raised enough money.”“No, the patient can’t be discharged.” Joyce immediately refused, she had waited too long for this day and Justin could no longer afford the blow, “I will find