Laura blinked.
—And the hospital?
Carlos let out a bitter laugh.
—That costs money.
Silence fell over the room.
Laura looked at the bills on the table.
There were many.
Too many.
“Is that why he missed work?” he asked.
Carlos nodded.
“I have no one to leave the children with. And when she gets worse… I have to stay.”
One of the little ones tugged on his father’s sleeve.
—Dad… I’m hungry.
Laura felt an unexpected blow to her stomach.
Carlos lowered his gaze in shame.
—I’m going to prepare something.
But when she opened the refrigerator… it was almost empty.
Laura looked away.
Never in his life had he seen anything like that so close up.
Then he looked again at the document on the table.
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