After doing her grocery shopping, Susan made a trip to a smartphone store near the supermarket. “Hi
there. Can you recommend me a good phone?”
The store owner took a few phones out of the display cabinet and placed them on the counter. ”All right.
Check these models out. They're suitable for mobile gaming as they have large storage spaces.”
“Might be a little pricey, though.” He reminded after sizing her the girl, thinking she must be a student.
The moment Susan heard that these smartphones were designed for mobile gaming, her eyes
brightened. “Okay. I'll take this then. I can use back the same phone number, right? By the way, my SIM
card is damaged.”
“Sure, not a problem. Your identification card, please,” the store owner replied.
Identification card? I'm not buying it for myself, though. I bet he'll not come if I ask him to.
After contemplating for a while, she decided to show the store owner her identification card. As soon as
she got back her phone number, she made the payment for the new phone and went home with it.
“Timothy? What are you doing here?” She was surprised to bump into Timothy at the foyer of the condo.
She ran up to him and asked, “How's everything? How's mom?”
Timothy, who had just returned from Jadeborough, looked exhausted and disheartened. “Mom is not
doing well, Susan.
“I heard she spotted blood in her stools some time ago but refused to go for a body checkup. I eventually
convinced her to do a thorough checkup, but the doctor said...”
“What did the doctor say?” Susan inched closer and grabbed his arms.
Bad things can't happen to my family anymore. We've lost our father. We can't lose our mother.
Timothy dropped the bomb. “The doctor said it's rectal cancer. Mom is going die soon, isn't it?”
The six-feet-tall boy burst into tears after delivering the news.
Susan blanked out and staggered, dropping the grocery bags in her hands.
“Susan...”
“No! Mom will not die. I'm going back to Jadeborough. Bring these up. I'll bring mom to the hospital right
now.”
Instead of going upstairs, the twenty-one-year-old grabbed her phone and left for Jadeborough in haste.
All this while, Susan had always been the decision maker of the family.
Timothy might be a male in the family, but growing up, he had always been a pampered child. Since
Colton's passing, Susan had to take charge of everything in the family, as her mother Sigrith was also a
nose of wax.
In other words, all the family's responsibilities were now on her shoulders.
Meanwhile, inside the condo, Ian worked on his laptop in the common area and did not return to the
bedroom.
He waited for more than an hour but did not get to see the person he wanted to meet. Instead, he met
Timothy.
“Timothy? Why are you doing here?” Ian asked.
“I came to tell Susan that mom is very ill. She just left the building a while ago.” Timothy put the grocery
bags aside, went to the refrigerator, and took out a beer.
Ian froze for a few seconds as he did not know how to react to that unexpected update.
“Susan went back? She went back just like that?” Ian asked.
“Yeah. I bumped into her at the foyer downstairs and told her about mom. She then left right away. Oh,
she said she bought this phone for you. Why do you keep changing phone?”
Timothy immediately took notice of the new phone. It was as if he no longer had a care in the world after
dumping the responsibility on Susan.
Ian was rendered speechless.
In that instance, he picked up the phone on his desk and ran out of the condo.
Timothy stared at his back and looked confused. What's wrong with him?
Meanwhile, Susan had arrived at the airport. But when she was about to purchase a flight ticket, she
realized she did not have enough cash in her wallet.
“Could you give me a special rate, miss? I'm just a student.” She begged the lady stationed at the
ticketing counter.
After glancing at Susan, the ticketing officer said, “If you're a student, you must have a student card.
Show me your student card to prove your identity.”
Susan froze for a moment. Student card? I didn't carry my student card with me. I didn't even go home
just now!
Right now, Susan only had her identification card.
She was on the verge of breaking down. “I came out in a hurry and forgot to bring my student card. I'm a
student, miss, please believe me.”
“Why don't you check my identification card? Here, here you go. Give me a discount, please! My mom is
sick, and I must rush home now!” she pleaded continuously.
Yet, the ticketing officer remained indifferent. “How can I verify your student identity based on your
identification card? Do you think I can give anyone a special rate just because they beg me? Come back
once you've found your student card. Next!”
The officer's reply instantly dashed her hopes.
Susan clenched the phone in her hands, and tears began to well up in her eyes. As she walked away
from the ticketing counter, she could not help but turn around to look at the ticketing officer once in a
while, hoping she would sympathize with her.
“Hey, you need money for your flight ticket, right? How about this. You do something for me, and I'll give
you the money.”
All of a sudden, a well-dressed man appeared right in front of her and offered help.
Susan then looked in his direction.
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