Everything Divided
My mother suddenly suffered a brain hemorrhage, and I needed to pay $80,000 for surgery immediately.
I called my wife right away. Before I could finish, she cut me off impatiently.
"Gabriel Cole, didn't we agree when we got married that we'd keep our finances separate? Your mother being sick is your family's problem. Why should you touch my savings? Can't you have a little respect for the contract?"
Then my stepson's sneering voice came through from her side.
"Uncle Gabriel, can you stop morally blackmailing my mom? As a grown man, isn't it pathetic that you can't even pay your own mother's medical bills? Stop bothering us while we're eating sushi."
Because I couldn't pay the fee in time, my mother missed the best window for surgery and died.
It wasn't until noon the next day that my wife called me. Her first words were an accusation.
"What's wrong with you? It's already noon. Why aren't you back to cook? Don't you know Mason has tutoring this afternoon?"
"My mom died of a brain hemorrhage!" I roared through gritted teeth.
My wife froze for a second. The first thing she blurted out was:
"Well, don't expect me to pay for the funeral. That's a matter of principle.
"And your mother dying is your mother dying. That's not a reason for you to skip cooking."
In that instant, I knew the devotion I'd poured out for more than ten years meant nothing to her.
Rage hit my heart. I suffered a heart attack and followed my mother into death.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my wife proposed separate finances after marriage.
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