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He shut up, but when the nurse came in, he loudly complained about me, saying I was mistreating him. I had to laugh. It’s just a leg–his brain wasn’t cut out. How
could he be so ridiculous?
He’s a patient, and I’m the one here. Why should the nurse listen to his
whining? The whole hospital already knew about his drama. No one wanted to get involved, scared that his mom might threaten to jump off a building.
Besides, all they saw was me taking care of him day and night. It’s normal for someone who’s just had a leg amputated to be in a foul mood and lash out like a
rabid dog.
When it was mealtime, I used his phone to order a fancy feast and enjoyed every bite.
He was staring at my food, his mouth- watering, while he had a bowl of bland
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oatmeal. “Darling, I’m a patient and need proper nutrition. I want chicken…”
I slapped him hard. “Alan, who do you think you are? Do you think you deserve chicken? Do you have any idea how much a chicken costs? You’re a useless bum now,
not making any money. Can’t you be a bit. more sensible?”
“Your mom would rather blow money on poker than on your leg. Now you‘ re a cripple who can’t work or earn money.”
He clenched his teeth but didn’t dare to fight back. “If I pay, will you buy me some?”
I had just used his bank card to order food, and there were only a few hundred pounds left. I nodded. “Sure, give me the password.”
He had no choice but to give it to me. I immediately spent all the thousands of pounds he had saved up on bracelets, necklaces, and rings.
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Using his account made it seem like he was
giving them to me. If we divorced, these items would be considered my personal
property.
That night, I packed up some chicken and ate it right in front of him, savoring every bite.
“I’ve let you smell the chicken. Since you‘ re not in any condition to eat it, I’m kindly eating it for you. Don’t be ungrateful.”
His face turned pale. He seemed to remember how, after I gave birth, he and Iris only let me eat porridge and instant noodles. When Iris craved chicken, she made me go buy one..
When I finally got a chance to cook the chicken, I thought I’d get to enjoy some nutritious food. But Iris snatched the bowl. away and kicked me out of the kitchen.
“Katrina, who do you think you are? You couldn’t even give us a son. You‘ re
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see useless, so why do you think you deserve to ivonat chicken? Do you have any idea how im much Alan spent on that? You don‘ t earn
iny money and don‘ t know how hard it is o make a living. Can’t you be a little more frugal?”
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d getaking over ten thousand pounds a ris snatonth. Even on maternity leave, I was still out oftheting paid.
u thinkt Iris had taken my salary card. Every
is a son.yday, she‘ d siphon the money out of my
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account. Fortunately, I had text alerts set up, so I could quickly transfer some of it out before it all disappeared.
Well, it’s time to give back that “blessing” to him, just like it was given.
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