Chapter 258

"Please, I'm begging you to save my mother. I'll find a way to borrow the money. Please start her surgery first!" Madison's voice, filled with despair, echoed through the hospital ward. Her eyes were swollen from crying as she pleaded with the doctor. Her clothes were torn, and her hair disheveled, bearing the marks of a recent struggle.

"Miss, I truly can't help you. The hospital has already covered your mother's previous bills. The surgery costs two hundred thousand dollars. Without that, we cannot proceed," the attending doctor said, his brow furrowed in a hint of impatience.

"You can do it! It's just surgery. If you're willing, you can perform it anytime. I'll get the money!" Madison begged.

"Miss, you need to find another solution. I have other patients to see. I must go," the doctor said, starting to leave.

"Doctor, please don't go!" Madison grabbed his coat, preventing him from leaving.

"Miss, stop this scene. This is a hospital, and other patients are waiting!" The doctor's eyes flashed with annoyance.

"Doctor, I beg you, please operate on my mother first!" Madison clung to his coat, desperately holding on.

"Let go!" The doctor pushed her away in frustration.

Madison fell, but quickly crawled back, wrapping her arms around his legs and sobbing. "Doctor, you can't leave!" She couldn't let go; letting go meant losing her last hope.

Just yesterday, the hospital diagnosed her mother, Pia, with a brain tumor. It was early stage and curable with surgery, but left untreated, it would quickly become terminal. The surgery cost two hundred thousand dollars—a trivial sum in the past, but now, she had nothing. Laura had cut off her company, and Archie had cruelly abandoned her, swindling her business partners and blocking her contact. When she sought an explanation from Archie's family, his men nearly beat her to death; the bruises on her body were from that assault.

The world was materialistic. When successful, every business owner in the city wanted to collaborate; now, they all shunned her. Borrowing money was laughable; they turned her away.

With no options left, she returned to the hospital to beg the doctors. It was futile, but her last resort.

"Madison, stop begging. Let's go home… I won't get treated," Pia said weakly from her hospital bed, tears in her eyes. She tried to get up to comfort Madison but nearly fell.

"Mom!" Madison rushed to support her.

"Daughter, let's go home… but we don't have a home anymore…" Despair filled Madison's eyes.

"Madison, it's all my fault. I trusted Archie…" Pia blamed herself.

"Mom, please stop. It's not your fault… it's all mine," Madison held her mother tightly, her heart breaking.

The doctor shook his head. "Alright, try to get the money. Also, regarding the hospital bills, you'll need to be discharged today if you can't pay," he said before leaving.

"Doctor, please don't go!" Madison chased after him. But as she reached the door, her expression changed. She quickly turned and hid her face from the approaching Cameron.

Cameron frowned. It was Madison. He hadn't expected her to be in such a dire situation, and wondered what had caused her injuries.

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