I Was Only Your Decoy Girlfriend

Summary

To save up enough for a down payment on a house we could call our own, I skimped on everything—even the copays for my pain medication. I hoarded my medical issues like overdue bills, waiting until I could pack five different surgical procedures into a single five-day hospital stay to maximize my insurance deductible.

For a brief moment, I was a local legend in the surgical ward.

But that was also the day I saw Griffith, my supposedly broke boyfriend, deep in conversation in the hospital’s restricted VIP wing.

My feet moved on their own, drawing me stealthily behind them.