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Just for fun, a dying millionaire invited his nurse to the negotiations. And when she picked up the violin, everyone froze
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Annie decided to postpone both joy and anxiety for the moment. She would work for at least a month before deciding whether she was lucky or not.
Most of her acquaintances, upon learning that she was seeking a job as a caregiver and had posted her resume on a job search site, shared cautionary tales about the profession.
It seemed that anyone who had ever encountered into this field-be it a coworker's great aunt or a friend's sister-in-law-would advise against it, unless there were no other options.
Annie saw no other alternatives. She needed to earn money for her grandmother's surgery; the queue for free treatment might not wait. The doctor at the hospital where Annie had started working after medical college had been frank about this.
"The operation should be done within the next six months. If I were you, I wouldn't rely on chance. Start collecting funds now."
After this conversation, Annie called her mom, and they had a final brainstorming session. Previously, they had been afraid, postponing and hoping for something, but now a premonition struck them: there was no time left to wait.
They went through their options. There was nothing to sell except a small apartment in their native town, where until recently she, her mother, and grandmother had lived as a trio.
And then Annie left for the city to study and work. She missed her mother and grandmother but wouldn't admit it to anyone. It seemed like such a childish feeling that she feared being laughed at.
When walking around the city with her friend Amanda in the most beautiful places, she often thought, "I wish I could walk here with my mom. She loves this city so much, but she hasn't been here in so long."
Laura, Annie's mother, worked as a geography teacher in an only town school. She had dreamed of traveling all her life but could only afford modest trips to the three nearest regions, always taking little Annie with her, delighting in her daughter's curiosity.
When Grandma began falling ill frequently, Mom became housebound. Laura never complained, but Annie sensed how sad her mom was that she couldn't get away for even a weekend.
Now Grandma was seriously ill and needed money for treatment. Annie and her mother discussed taking out a loan, but given her mother's salary, banks would only offer them huge interest rates.
Annie hadn't even worked half a year yet, so she wasn't eligible for a loan.
"Annie, let's be honest, what if we can't pay it back?" her mother said. "I'm scared of these loans. We can barely make ends meet now, and with a loan, we'll be half-starved. That's just the beginning-life can throw such curveballs.
If something happens to one of us, the other won't be able to pay alone! And those debt collectors will come knocking. No, we have to do something else. We need to find another job."
Laura always took on part-time work; sometimes someone needed a geography tutor or an hour of babysitting. Of course, it was a pittance. Mom couldn't take on anything more serious because she was afraid to leave Grandma unattended for long.
"I should have thought of this sooner, silly me," the mother mused aloud to Annie. "I should have quit school long ago and learned an online profession. I wonder if there are remote travel agents?
And I'm stuck in this job, I don't know why! Now it's too late to cry over spilled milk-we need money quickly, and something must be done!"
Of course, Laura knew why she stayed, but she didn't want to appear sentimental. She loved her work and knew how to connect with her students.
They respected the geography teacher, found her lessons interesting, and behaved better than in many other subjects.