Patricia only managed to read Isaacâs text after bringing the triplets home, and just as she wanted to
ask him if he could take some heat or how heâd like the stew prepared, his second message came.
With that, she hurriedly deleted her question and asked, âItâs a paid leave, right?â
This was her number one concern; she didnât mind not having any breaks since she owed him so much
money, after all.
Just the thought of Poppyâs potential medical funds getting stolen got her feeling awful, so she wanted
to use labor to punish herself.
Now, not only would she have to work hard to pay off her debts, but sheâd also have to put in extra
effort to help Darcie pay off Poppyâs medical bills.
Meanwhile, Isaac had just come out of the shower. While drying his hair with a towel, he checked his
phone and replied to her text, âOf course.â
Patricia replied instantly, âYouâre the best, President Arnold! xoxo.â
Does this mean Iâll be getting every Sunday off thereafter? She thought that Isaac was pretty nice, and
he was a decent boss the more she thought about it.
However, the man frowned upon seeing the words âxoxoâ.
Damn it, you woman. How dare you seduce me through the phone?
â¦
After dinner, Patricia went to the hospital with lunch boxes. When she entered the ward, she found
Darcie eating takeout that she had probably gotten from the hospitalâs cafeteria. Judging from how
reluctantly she was eating, it probably didnât taste good.
âMiss Patricia.â Poppy smiled upon seeing the visitor.
Likewise, Darcie looked toward the door when she heard Poppyâs barely audible âMiss Patriciaâ. âTricia,
what brings you here again?â
When Patricia saw Darcieâs puffy eyes, she knew the woman had been agonizing over money earlier.
With that, she sat next to Darcie and handed her one of the lunch boxes. âIâve brought some of Mrs.
Zimmerâs cooking. They are all your favorite dishes.â
After that, Patricia took Poppyâs lunch box out, intending to feed the little girl.
âI can feed myself, Miss Patricia,â Poppy said with a smile, so Patricia put the lunch box on the overbed
table so the little girl could eat while sitting on her bed. Poppy was rather spirited that day, but it still
pained Patricia to see the little girl was now skin and bones due to her illness.
On the other hand, Darcie ate at the table beside them. Josephineâs food was up her alley, and while
she ate, she said to Patricia, âMrs. Zimmer sure knows how to cook. Now, this is what I call food.â
She had been eating so much takeout lately that she had the urge to puke just by looking at it.
Meanwhile, Patricia sat on the edge of the hospital bed. âDarcie, I wanted to pawn my ring and use the
money to pay for Poppyâs medical bills. However, a thief snatched it right out of my hands earlier
today.â
Darcieâs eyes widened upon hearing so. âTheives nowadays are getting more and more savage. To
think theyâd rob in broad daylight.â
At that, her gaze dimmed a little. âAt the end of the day, itâs all my fault. Iâll buy you one when I have the
money again, Tricia.â
Patricia never told anyone how the ring came into her possession, for the story was rather absurd.
Even she wasnât sure if it really happened or that she was dreaming. Surely, it was real when she had
gotten triplets from the incident, right?
However, she just couldnât bring herself to say it out loud.
âDarcie, my neighbor can lend us half a million. Iâll borrow from them to treat Poppyâs illness. We can
slowly repay the debt together after that.â
Tears began pooling in Darcieâs eyes upon hearing so. âThank you for helping me, Tricia. Iâve been
selling my house lately. Weâll be able to pay the debt after I get the money from it.â
She had pleaded and begged many people earlier that day, but none were willing to lend her any
money. She had even gone as far as begging on her knees, but none of her relatives bothered
themselves with her.
She couldnât blame them, for she knew they saw Poppyâs illness was like a black hole, constantly
needing large sums of money to cure the little girl.
Worst yet, Darcie couldnât save any money with her current state. As such, it was within reason that
they dared not lend her any money.
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