I spent weeks in the hospital fighting for my life, and my family never came once. Not my mother, not my father, not my sister. One month later, my mom texted asking for $12,000 for my sister’s bridal dress.

closed on them slowly, like a curtain at the end of a bad play.

Mr. Alvarez finally lowered his trash bag. “That was better than cable.”

A laugh escaped me before I could stop it. It hurt my stitches. Marcus stepped closer, concerned, but I waved him off.

“I’m okay,” I said.

For the first time, I almost believed it.

The legal process took months.

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