Tessa stood in the middle of the howling wind. The tip of her nose had already turned red from the biting cold. Her heart squeezed painfully.


    Anne was only 11 years old, yet her life was alreadying to an end. For the sake of his sister, Lucas had dropped out of school early, choosing instead to work to earn money to pay off her medical bills. Now that he was crippled, his ability to work had been taken from him. He had only just turned 19.


    The silence stretched on for a long time.


    Tessa pulled out her phone and ced a call. "Contact a few hematologist- oncologists for me. Also,e over to Eastview Hospital on Brighton Street. We''ll arrange for a hospital transfer for a pair of siblings."


    After leaving the hospital, Tessa left for thew firm to organize the information for Lucas'' case. When the Social Security Administration opened on Monday, she would bring Lucas to file for a workce injury assessment.


    Tessa was swamped with work for the whole afternoon. She was so busy that she forgot that she promised Stephen to meet up with him at night.


    When Stephen called her, she was still looking through the case documents.


    "Tess, where are you? I''ll pick you up."


    "Huh?" It was as if she was snapped out of a dream. "Oh! I forgot to tell you. I''m working overtime at thew firm."


    "Overtime?" he questioned. "Didn''t you go shopping with Sienna?"


    Tessa cradled her phone between her neck and shoulder. Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she answered, "No, I epted ast-minute case, so I went back to the firm to organize the information for it."


    "Have you eaten?" Stephen asked.


    "No."


    "I''ll pick you up for dinner. You can continue with your work tomorrow. It''s already sote."


    Tessa nced at the time disyed at the bottom right corner of her monitor. "Okay. I''ll be at the firm. You cane over."


    "Alright. Wait for me. I''ll be there in 20 minutes."


    "Okay."


    After disconnecting the call, Tessa leaned against her office chair. She stared at the documents on the monitor in a daze. Lucas'' case wasn''tplicated, and he had a good chance of winning thewsuit.


    However, based on the horrible attitude of his workce superiors, she was certain that they wouldn''t agree to pay him thepensation he deserved.


    Lucas'' case was abor dispute. The first step was to undergo abor arbitration. After the arbitration was over, if the intiff was dissatisfied with the oue, they could file for awsuit. The legal proceeding''s were cumbersome and the process could take a long time. Although it was highly likely that Lucas would win his case, time was not on his side.


    Lucas needed the money for not only his own treatment but also Anne''s treatment. Tessa had paid for their medical bill today, but it was far from enough.


    Based on the Grangers'' financial


    situation, even affording their daily


    vel


    necessities would be an issue. Tessa massaged her brow. She called a charity foundation and- spoke to the supervisor. She donated ten million dors to the foundation and emphasized that the bulk of the money was to go to the Grangers to help them.


    Next, she transferred a sum of money to Jasmine and asked her to look for a cateringdy to handle the Granger siblings'' daily meals.


    Jasmine had called her in a panic in the next second.


    "200,000! That''s 200,000 dors that you just transferred to me! Not 2,000, not 20,000, but 200,000 dors!" Jasmine rambled. "Who needs that much money to hire a cateringdy?"


    Tessa was undeterred as she


    exined, "The money will cover the


    fees for the cateringdy and also


    the siblings'' meals. I''ve also settled the medical bills. You can buy some daily necessities such as clothes and shoes for the siblings with the bnce. I''m sorry to trouble you, Jasmine."


    Jasmine was moved to the point of tears. "Ms. Yates, you''re such a good person!


    On their behalf, thank you so much! You must be a phnthropist!"


    There was a twinge in Tessa''s heart as she sighed. "I can only do this much."


    "It''s enough!" Jasmine rushed to reassure Tessa. "It''s already more than enough, Ms. Yates!"


    "I just hope that it''ll be able to help them....."


    Meanwhile, Stephen had only been driving toward thew firm for five minutes


    when he received a call from the staff at the base.


    "Mr. Jacobson, Susan''s in trouble!"


    Stephen frowned. He kept his tone calm as he asked, "What happened to her?"