Paid in Blood for a Lie

Summary

My mother and I pushed ourselves, slaving away to pay for my girlfriend’s debt.

The work was too hard on her, and she was soon diagnosed with lung cancer.

By the time I arrived at the hospital with money for her treatment, my mother had taken her own life and left behind a note.

“I can’t go on, Gab. The money is best put toward settling the debts. Noelle is a good kid. She loves you. She’s just lost her way. That’s all. You two should settle down once the debts are cleared.”

I held my mother’s ashes and gave Noelle the thirty thousand dollars she had left behind.