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\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d I asked, my voice shaking.
My mother threw her hands up dramatically.<\/span>
\u201cThe bill still isn\u2019t paid,\u201d she snapped. \u201cWhat is taking you so long? Remember this\u2014family comes first. Always.\u201d<\/span>
I screamed.<\/span>
\u201cMy daughter is dying!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Before anyone could react, my mother lunged forward.
She reached my child\u2019s bed.<\/span>
And then\u2014<\/span>
she grabbed Lily\u2019s oxygen mask<\/span>
and ripped it off her face.<\/span>
\u201cThere,\u201d she shrieked. \u201cIt\u2019s done! She\u2019s gone! Now move and come with us!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Time stopped.
Lily\u2019s body jerked violently. Her chest convulsed as she struggled for air. The monitors exploded into alarms\u2014piercing, relentless.<\/span>
Nurses rushed in, shouting. One dragged my mother away. Another forced the mask back onto Lily\u2019s face, shouting orders I couldn\u2019t even process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d I asked, my voice shaking.My mother threw her hands up dramatically.\u201cThe bill still isn\u2019t paid,\u201d she snapped. \u201cWhat is taking you so long? Remember this\u2014family comes first. Always.\u201dI screamed.\u201cMy daughter is dying!\u201d Before anyone could react, my mother lunged forward.She reached my child\u2019s bed.And then\u2014she grabbed Lily\u2019s oxygen maskand ripped…<\/p>\n

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