Chapter 10 - The Dilapidated Quincy Apartment Holds Hidden Medical Debt
The Maybach pulled up in front of a peeling, triple-decker wooden house on a quiet, dimly lit Quincy street.
Khloe reached for the door handle, but Dominic touched her wrist lightly, stopping her movement.
“Wait,” Dominic said softly, pulling a small manila folder from the side pocket of his jacket.
“What is this?” Khloe asked, staring suspiciously at the crisp paper folder resting on his lap.
“Your mother’s medical debt from Massachusetts General Hospital,” Dominic answered without hesitation.
Khloe’s breath caught in her throat, her heart hammering against her ribs like a trapped bird.
“How... how do you know about that?” she whispered, her voice trembling with sudden, raw panic.
“My people dig into everyone who enters my orbit, Khloe. Eighty-four thousand dollars in unpaid oncology bills,” Dominic stated.
Tears welled up in Khloe’s eyes as the crushing weight of her mother’s illness surged back into focus.
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“Keep your money, Mr. Costello. I’ll pay it off myself, dollar by dollar,” Khloe said, fighting back tears.
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