$100,000.
That was the price they told us to convince them to continue the treatment of my mother. Was it not against the Hippocratic oath to do injustice against them? Was this not ten times more than the original cost!?
"Your mother's condition had reached a point where it would be more optional to let her go... I've already checked your family records, and the amount of money you are spending will only cause you to have a bad life in the future. It's best if you call your father here and go in together to say your last goodbyes to your mother."
All I could do was grit my teeth and glare at the doctor. What gave him the audacity to tell me this? Were these really the doctors I was admiring in the past?
What they said was true. The amount of money my father and I have been putting into this was far more than they could make back... Their debt to the bank was far more than they could have hoped.
But...
