Inside a hospital room a man stood by the side of the bed, his gaze filled with concern as he looked down at the sickly 4 years old boy lying there. His frail form was covered with a soft, floral-patterned blanket, and her gentle breathing echoed throughout the room. Tubes and medical equipment surrounded him, a reminder of the battle he was fighting against his failing health.He brought out his phone and dialed his wife's number, which rang incessantly, but she wasn't picking it up."Pick up lucy."After trying her contact with no avail for a few more minutes, he decided to go home to find any means to gather money for his son's medical bills so treatment could commence, knowing fully well the possibility was zero, he had spent all his life savings just to get the doctors to attend to the boy. He needed to pay at least half of $7000 and where would he get that from?"I'm sorry daddy can't help you." He could not help but remember how his son landed up in the hospital as the memories

"Why Lucy? Why did you do it? And with my ex-boss? Don't you have any shame? Why did you have to lower yourself to that extent?" Ivan asked with an ashen expression. His skin was pale to begin with and with the distress, it became paler and he almost looked as if he was drained of blood."Ivan, y...you can't blame me...I had no choice, he promised to help me if I accepted him, he....""You pushed yourself to him because he gave you petty promises? What can does things do? It would not last you for eternity." Ivan cut her off in angry. He felt as if something stuffy was pressed against his chest and he coughed, Lucy was startled but did not help him out, she just kept her head lowered without talking. "Did you ever have feelings for me? Do you even care about the child we had together?" Ivan asked again. When he remembered what happened to his son, his eyes reddened and he clenched his fists before glaring at Lucy with despise.He had tried calling her yesterday but she did not pick a

Ivan left the company with slumped shoulders, he carried his things on his left arm and walked slowly towards home. He would have hailed a taxi but he does not have enough money, so he could only walk.His mind kept recalling what had happened the previous night like a broken disk, everything kept flashing in his head and his nails dug into his palms but he seemed to not have noticed it.His face was filled with distraught and he kept his head lowered as he walked. It seemed as if all strength has been drawed from his body but his heart was filled with grievance, anger, hatred and self-depriciation. He let out an hollow laughter and blamed himself for everything. His son had died and it was his fault, he could not even keep his wife to himself, he felt that Lucy could only resort to that means because she was helpless. "It was all my fault." He whispered in a low voice. He suddenly did not feel like going home, the house was filled with memories of his son and his wife, when they ha

Ivan's heart sank and he even felt as if his heart was pierced with glass shards, it hurts terribly that his face turned ashen and he stiffened. He raised his bloodshot eyes to look at Lucy, Lucy was stunned by the look on his face and she shifted uncomfortably on her seat but still maintained that uncaring expression. She felt that there was no need for her to be guilty, he should blame it all on his uselessness. She was about to talk when the man beside her stopped her."Good afternoon Mr Ivan, my name is Ben and I am Miss Lucy's lawyer, she complained that you've not been taking care of her and you are also an irresponsible Father to your child that he died. She said that you are unable to care for her and that she does not want the marriage any more. Those are the divorce papers as you've read. So, please sign them to avoid unnecessary trouble." Ben finished his speech and looked at Ivan for his response. Ivan was dumbfounded at what Ben said.Miss Lucy? He had even started to

"Did you think that we just freezed Lucy's account just for nothing? We knew how despicable you could be so we feeezed her account so that you won't live off her. But we still underestimated you, even after freezing her account, she was still the one feeding the family with her small enterprise company, are you not ashamed? Ivan, are you even a man?" Mrs Anderson questioned, her pitch getting higher and louder until it became a shriek."Ivan, I had wanted to accept the relationship with my daughter after she gave birth to your child, but when I also heard that the boy had died due to your carelessness, I was utterly disappointed. You are not worthy of my daughter from the beginning and you are even worse now, you are not even worthy of carrying her bathroom slippers." Mr Anderson also said, he was calm and collected but the rage in his eyes showed how much anger he was feeling right then.Ivan could not talk, it was not like he does not have anything to say but that he could not open