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“Hey, baby girl,” ravelly, filled with so ominous I felt the unrest within him I knew, somehow, that the as about to crash down around an to bicker over a doll, but I held back, feeling latched into another world

“Daddy,” I whispered “Is Mom really okay? She sounds weaker than she did last week And I know you had that appoints like this from me”

I could hear my father’s footsteps as he moved away frohiain, he said, “It’s true that we didn’t get good news, Angie But I don’t want you to panic about it”

Shooting down into the chair beneath in to quiver “Please, Dad Don’t keep this from me”

“We found out that the tuie And the doctors are fearful that the cancer will spread if they don’t do the surgery soon”

“But Dad, we can’t afford the surgery yet…” I rasped, trailing off “Can’t they do soery first, have us pay for it later? It seems like time is really important Why can’t they see that?”

My dad grunted, sounding aghast “You try to tell these guys that you can’t pay They just wave you out the door, telling you to get better insurance”

“And the checks I’ve been sending? Still not enough?” I asked, knowing the weight of the truth It was never going to be enough The type of surgery she needed was in the hundreds of thousands, farpaycheck

“It’s helping, baby,” ht now I’m sorry”

“Maybe I can take on another job,” I stuttered, er through anything at a side job I could work at the grocery store, or as a waitress With enough fuestures, I saw no reason this couldn’t bemoney home

I would strive as long as I could to keep my mother alive