The True Cost of Betrayal

property, and finally, the official medical report from the hospital from just last night, detailing severe, long-term malnutrition and medical neglect.

“You told me the money was going to her doctors,” Sakina said, stepping closer until Ousman had to lean back against the table. “You told me she was resting in her room. But you put my mother in a crumbling shack to die so you could drive a shiny car and paint these walls. You stole her home. You stole my youth. You stole eight years of my life.”