The doctor looked at Laura.
“There is another issue.”
Laura turned.
“What?”
He hesitated.
“He needs surgery.”
Carlos immediately shook his head.
“No.”
Laura looked at him.
“What do you mean, no?”
“I can’t.”
The doctor sighed.
“If you continue working like this without treatment, the problem could become much more serious.”
Carlos looked down.
“I understand.”
“Then why refuse?”
Carlos finally looked at Laura.
And this time, she saw something she had never seen in him before.
Fear.
Not fear of the operation.
Fear of what would happen to his family if he stopped working.
“I can’t be away from work,” he whispered.
Laura stared at him.
After everything she had done for his family, she thought perhaps she finally understood the man sitting before her.
But she was wrong.
Because Carlos was hiding one more thing.
And this time, it could cost him his life.
Laura pulled a chair closer to the hospital bed.
