The City Held Its Silence byIrel Knx 44

44 A slight complication 

“There’s no way I would be able to pay you back,” he told me. 

“You don’t have to pay me back,” I told him. “You suffered enough growing up Mike. Just accept help from someone this one time. Knowing your father is getting better would make me happy.” I to,d him. 

I had intended to use the 50000 to invest in something for my son so he has something to inherit if I die in the future, however, Mike really needed the money. I had to help him out. I would unfortunately have to figure out some other way to make money. 

“I–I don’t know what to say,” he then said to me in disbelief. “I just can’t believe it.” 

“You don’t have to say anything I assured him. 

“Thank you,” he said. 

As I thought of his words something then came to mind. “Actually, there is one thing you can do for me Mike,” I said to him. 

“What?” He asked me eagerly. 

“I want you to talk to Megan she’s worried sick about you. And has been for a long time. You don’t have to tell her about everything just give her some reassurance.” I told him. “Think you can do that for me?” 

He went red after I mentioned her name. That was a dead giveaway that he did in fact 

like her. 

“Al–alright,” he agreed shyly. 

“Good,” I said to him. “Hopefully we’ll get this sorted as soon as possible.” 

After that, we exchanged our contacts so we could organise how I could send him the money later. I then called for Tony who was talking to Victoria. He seemed to like her and said she was a nice person. 

I then had to reschedule my appointment with the lawyer for another day as it was now too late for me to go. Her office closed at midday on Saturdays and I had spent most of the morning with Mike and Victoria. The lawyer agreed and said Monday was the only day she had another open slot for the next week. Though I had to work on Monday, I would ask the manager if I could leave earlier. 

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After we exchanged our goodbyes, Tony and I left them and exited the hospital. I was really glad I had passed through the hospital though. I then went to sell the remaining luxury goods at a pawn shop and obtained the full 50,000. 

I didn’t know how to describe how I was feeling. On the one hand, I was happy to have been able to help Mike but on the other hand, I was wondering how I was going to deal with my own situation. I had been relieved not have to hassle too much to make money and invest in something. With the 50,000 I could just get straight into investing. Now I had to come up with something else. 

Tony and I then went home and spent the rest of the day there. We wouldn’t be doing an activity today unfortunately. However, that was a problem for the future. Right now I had to ensure Mike’s father’s kidney transplant was successful. Having made the full amount I needed from the pawn shops, I could now send Mike the money he needed. 

I then communicated with Mike and he told me the details of the procedure his father required. I also received information on how I should make the payments to the hospital for the procedure. Once all that was taken care of they could proceed with the transplant. 

However, Mike also shared some troubling news that the doctors were worried about the success rate of doing the transplant now on his father. Due to the fact that his father had been doing inconsistent dialysis treatments for so long causing his kidneys to become completely damaged and affect other internal organs, they weren’t sure if his body would respond to the new kidney. The news was definitely terrifying. 

None the less I told him to go ahead with the procedure. Despite the uncertainty it was still worth trying. One thing we knew for certain was that if his father didn’t get the surgery he would die. 

Mike also gave me the information on the credit card debt he had so I could see how much he had accumulated and the payment he made. He also sent me his bank details so I could make the transfer. 

So for the rest of the afternoon I was dealing with and making the necessary transfers whilst Tony was busy finishing off his homework. He had planned to finish it off on Sunday when we were at home and cleaning up but since we were home already I had him take care of it now. 

Overall, I felt great sense of accomplishment. I had not only helped Mike but I had gotten him to open up as well. I just hoped the procedure would turn out positively, 

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The following day, which was a Sunday, Tony and I were at home as usual resetting for the week. We deep cleaned the house and did our laundry and prepared our things for the coming week. By early afternoon we were done cleaning. With each week that passed we were becoming faster and more efficient. 

We had just finished lunch and were now baking a cake in the kitchen. I had the last of our dirty laundry that was done in the washing machine and needed to be dried. I had Tony watch the cake baking in the oven as I made my way to the laundry room. I changed most of the clothes from the washing machine to the drier. However there were some clothes that needed to be handled with care and couldn’t go in the drier but had to dry normally in the sun. 

As I made my way to the backyard where the clothesline was the doorbell of the front door suddenly rang. “I’ll get it,” Tony yelled. 

“No, don’t worry I’ll get it!” I quickly told Tony. I didn’t want him to open the door for a stranger. I went for the door wondering who it was. I wasn’t expecting anyone today. 

“Okay,” he responded. 

I opened the door and was met with a man standing by the porch. 

It took me a moment I took him in and then my eyes widened and facial expression changed to one of horror. 

“Keith?” I said in confusion. 

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