Chapter 8 ident


    On the other end of the phone, my mother could not exin the situation clearly. She just said that


    something bad had happened at her father''s construction site and they needed a lot of money.


    When I received this news, my mind seemed to stop working, but my body moved in an orderly fashion.


    I immediately bought tickets, went home andforted my mother. After all these things were


    arranged and done, I had a little time to think.


    What should I do in the future, I thought as I sat on thete night train looking out the window. The


    world was so beautiful, but not for me.


    When my father met with an ident, my mother, as the wife of the family, had already lost her


    backbone. Therefore, the burden of the whole family was on me. It was not until I got home that I


    learned that someone had been injured at the construction site my father was in charge of. It was not


    that serious, but the injured person was admitted to the intensive care unit, which would cause a lot of


    medical expenses.


    The most distressing thing was that the owner of the site disappeared overnight. The responsibility then


    fell on my father.


    I was a little upset that my mother did not make it clear over the phone. I was so scared that I did not


    dare close my eyes, day or night. I said, "As long as Dad is okay, the cost is no big deal. His health is


    much more important. I''ll figure out how to handle the money. You and Dad just have to take good care


    of yourselves."


    Then father said, "What can you do? You are single and just got divorced. How can you take care of


    us? I didn''t want to tell you, but your mother... ah!"


    I forced myself to smile and said, "Dad, what can I do if you do not tell me when something like this


    happens at home? Besides, if you do not tell me, who can help you? Anyway, you do not have to worry,


    and I''ll take care of the money. I still have some money that I have been savingtely. Even if it''s only 5


    thousand dors, you can use it first. I will make up the rest as soon as possible." Thereupon I hurried


    back to Denver.


    After a long and tiring journey, I still had to get back to work. When I left, I was in such a hurry that I


    only called my supervisor to ask for leave, so when I returned I felt a little embarrassed. I hid my


    worries with a smile. Now that I was short of cash, I had to keep this profitable job no matter what.


    I first tried to borrow a little from my colleagues, and everyone was sympathetic to my experience.


    Anyone who could help, did. But even so, the price of the ICU was not $2,000 or $3,000 to solve.


    I had no choice but to try my luck with my old ssmates. I tried to contact some of them, but I did not


    expect Layne to immediately ask me about what had happened. I felt a little embarrassed since I had


    not seen him in a while.


    Layne was my college ssmate and once liked me passionately, but we did not get along for various


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    reasons. After I married Roger, I cut off contact with himpletely. Layne invited me to meet with him.


    Although I was suspicious, I went to meet him anyway.


    As soon as we met, Layne opened the door, handed me a bank card, and said, "Darcey, I know you are


    in a bad situation. You have been alone since the divorce. Now that you have been through something


    like this, life is very difficult. I can not give you much. Here is $ 52,000. That''s the money I saved behind


    my wife''s back. I took it out to help you."


    I was very much puzzled at this point. I had not expected Layne to be so graceful a man. I regretted


    that I had chosen Roger instead of him. I was really blind."