✾Zaran✾
I sit there looking at my phone, ringing with her number on the screen, and I can feel tears beginning to well up in my eyes. It's been years since I left, yet she still hasn't reached out to me. We used to be so close; always there for each other no matter what situation we were in. But now it feels like all of that has just vanished into thin air - like it never even existed at all.Do I pick up or don't? Do I pick up or don't?
I forced myself to answer the phone and put it to my ear.
"Zaran," Riley whispered, sniffling.
"Y-yes?" I answered, biting my bottom lip.
"Mom's in the hospital and I don't have enough money to pay for her surgery. Please give us the money," she begged, then I heard her sobbing.
Give them money? After all the stress and anxiety I faced every day after my 'parents' felt no obligation to take care of me, why would I ever give them money? Every morning, they were nowhere to be found yet I pushed through and worked my hardest.
"P-please Zari, please, the surgery is 20,000 dollars and I won't have a lot of money anymore and I'll get kicked out," she cried.
She's only 13, gosh I feel bad for her.
"Ree, calm down, what is wrong with Mom? Why is she in the hospital," I asked, picking my skin.
"She broke both of her legs during a car accident and Dad doesn't want to pay for her surgery and I only have 90 dollars from my piggy bank," she bawled.
What am I supposed to do? I don't have that type of money to give out like that.
"Where's dad? Give t-the phone to Dad," I panicked, clicking the elevator button.
I heard movement in the background and I stepped inside the elevator, clicking floor 7.
"Zaran," My Dad hissed.
"Dad, why won't you pay for her? She got into a car accident and you guys don't have insurance!" I shouted.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, running my fingers through my hair.
"Just give me the damn money Zaran so we don't have to speak again," he told me.
I scoffed, "Give the money? I'm struggling myself, alone! You have money and I know it so use it to save Mom."
"I'm tired of listening to you, she's just going to die," he grumbled.
"Die? You're going to let her just die! T-that's your wife, don't do it for me, do it for Riley and Aurora," I raged.
I walked out of the elevator and went down the hallway, "Damon-"
"This is none of your business Zaran, you're not family anymore," he bellowed.
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Zaran
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