Amelie’s POV I walk into Zander’s room, and he’s typing away on his laptop with a stern look of concentration. “Why the big scowl, Zander?” He looks up from the screen and scrunches up his face. “Laid up in the stupid hospital, I still have to learn about Othello.” I laughed at him as I ruffled his hair. I’m so glad his teachers let him take his courses online until the new year. I still don’t know how I will pay off the surgery bill, but Dr. Carrera told me the $10,000 deposit shows good faith. He would take it to the hospital board to get approval to proceed with the surgery and then work out the payment plan. He said we would know in the first week of December. I can’t believe it's almost December. Soon, it will be Christmas and then New Year's. I sure hope the board approves every

