"Don't you dare call that old man," my mom says, struggling to get the words out clearly. "Why? He's your father." "I know." "And he's rich." I don’t understand why she insists on suffering when she has a well-off family. I know grandpa would clear the bill if he knew his daughter was almost dying. "He only listens to that woman. Trust me, he won’t lift a finger." She says and I shake mt head in disbelief. "But she's your mother." "Stepmother, remember? She’s the one who convinced him to marry me off to a twenty-year-old. I hate her. I’d rather die than let her see me helpless." When she mentioned Dad was young, I didn’t expect him to be twenty at the time. And I had no idea this was all my step-grandmother’s doing. Now, I don’t know what to do. It is so crazy that they would subdu

