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She paused speaking for some seconds, sighed, then continued speaking,

"We didn't even know how we'd pay back the $4,000 we borrowed, which was $6,000 'cause of the $2,000 interest added to it, and our mum's illness had returned, and we were told we'd need to pay $10,000 for the illness to be treated properly,

So we needed to generate a good $16,000. $6,000 to pay back the loan sharks we borrowed money from, and $10,000 for our mum's illness to be treated properly,

We didn't know where to start from, we were just confused and all that, it was a really depressing situation. And the loan sharks had already started disturbing us for the money,

My brother knew he couldn't just stay in the hood, he had to travel to another city to see if he could hustle out the $16,000 or above it. Up till now, he hasn't been able to generate the money,

But as I told you, he's been sending little money to us which I've been using to buy a certain drug for my mum which she's been taking to sustain herself,

And as for the rest of the money, we are using them to feed and handle some other bills".

"Why did your brother have to borrow $4,000 from the loan sharks when the amount needed to treat your mum's illness was $3,000?". I inquired of Jemima.

"That's 'cause we could use the $1,000 for other expenses and all that. And the money served a lot of purposes for us at that time. We are poor, we needed money". She explained.

..I nodded my head in understanding, then her voice resounded again,

"I would have loved to leave this place and travel to another city just like my brother to work hard properly, but I can't leave my mum. I need to stay and watch over her, loan sharks are disturbing us as well,

I can't leave. What I've been hoping for was for my brother to generate a good amount of money, but it's taking time".

I nodded my head to her utterance once again. No doubt, this family needed help badly, there were too many problems. And I'd love to help them out, but I needed to confirm something first.

Was there a valid reason why they were in this situation?...

I was somehow afraid to confirm this 'cause if there wasn't a valid reason, I wouldn't be able to help them out anymore, and this would cause a lot of heartache to Jemima.

I'm sure she was already hoping I'd be able to help them out in one way or the other since I said it with my mouth. And I truly wanted to help them out, the problems on the head of this 21-year-old girl were too much.

..But in the end, the system would be the one to decide if I'd help them out or not.

"How did the family's situation get this bad? How did you guys become so poor? Was it always like this?". I inquired of Jemima once again.

"As I told you before, we were doing fine before the death of my dad. It was after his death that things became so bad. After his death, we couldn't access the money in his bank accounts, it was just like the banks didn't want us to access them,

Every effort we were making to access the money in his bank accounts was failing, guess the banks wanted them for themselves, and they succeeded. My mum wasn't that buoyant, my dad was the one carrying the family,

Since we couldn't access his money, we fell to square one. My brother and I were still students at that time. After the death of my dad, it became a struggle to complete high school,

It got to a point where we couldn't afford to keep paying the rent of the former apartment we were living in, so we had to move to this one since the rent was cheaper. That's how we found ourselves in the hood,

My brother and I were able to complete high school, but it was a real struggle...trust me. My mum had to work so hard to make sure we both completed high school,

You know, there'd be a particular situation where you'd see your parents suffering just to make sure you completed something or achieved something, and you'd just want to ease their suffering,

At some point, my brother and I wanted to drop out on our own, so our mum's struggle could reduce. But she told us not to do so, she wanted to see us complete high school at least, and we just had to agree,

After coming out of high school, it's been struggles, suffering, and so on. So many negative things, it's been tough. Now look, my mum is critically ill, no money to treat her,

We are owing loan sharks money, no money to pay up our debt. My older brother is out there striving, but he isn't close to making it big. It's a tough world". She explained with a bit of distress on her face.

..I think there's a valid reason why this family was in this situation.

I don't think they'd be in this situation if they had accessed the money in their father's bank accounts...guess he died suddenly.

Banks can be so corrupt at times, when a person dies with money in his account, their main aim would be to take the money for themselves.

There are even situations where money would be debited from your bank account for no reason. It wasn't their fault that their dad died and they couldn't access his money.

To me, what the banks did to them was serious injustice...

But it does happen, that's just the truth. And when it happens, most times, there'd be nothing you'd be able to do about it. And after his death, not like they just sat there lazily.

They've been working, I mean, the guy is out there striving...but good things don't come easily.

'I think this is a valid reason, I can help out this family'. I thought to myself.

And I got the system's notification at that moment...

<Ding! >

<Host can render help to this family>

<There's a valid reason why they were in this situation>

And it has been confirmed, the system has given me permission to help them out...I was so happy right now.

I glanced at Jemima, and that distress was still evident on her face. This was the utterance that flowed out of my mouth,

"How much do you say it would cost to treat your mother's illness?".

"$10,000 according to what the doctor told us". She responded.

"I'm going to foot the bill". I stated once again.

An elated expression appeared on her face immediately as she stood up from the couch she was sitting on and voiced out,

"Are you serious?".

"Yes, very serious, just as I told you".

She ran toward me at that moment and embraced me for some seconds before releasing me from her embrace.

The smile on her face made her look gorgeous...

And you know what? I couldn't help but to smile as well. I was happy to see her happy.

I called an ambulance to come pick up her mum and drive her straight to the hospital where she'd be treated. I gave them the location and all that, and right now, we were already hearing their sirens.

Jemima was so happy...I'm sure it's been some time since she was this happy.

"Mum, mum, you're going to be treated soon, an ambulance is already here to drive you straight to the hospital". Jemima said waking up her mum.

Her mum managed to open her eyes before saying, "Did you say something?".

"Yes, mum, an ambulance is here to drive you straight to the hospital where you'd be treated. Your illness would be treated soon, mum". Jemima uttered once again with excitement in her voice.

"Are you serious?". Her mum voiced out with a kind of surprised expression on her face, her voice was so weak.

"Yes, mum, I'm serious".

"Who's going to foot the bills?".

She pointed to me then said, "This young man here".

"Why did he choose to help us out?". She inquired once again, she was so surprised that someone was interested in helping out.

"He said he didn't like the condition he's seeing you in, so he offered to help".

The moment Jemima said that, her mum focused her gaze on me and uttered, "Young man, is that true?".

"Yes, ma'am, you've been in this condition long enough, it's about time to get treated". I retorted, glancing at her.

A smile managed to appear on her face as she uttered once again, "Thank you so much".