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"Her heart is failing. " the doctor said to the lady who sat across his desk. Grace and the lady's child were outside the room playing some hand games. 
"H-her heart is failing? " the lady asked and the doctor nodded. "Her heart failure is due to  Dilated Cardiomyopathy also known as DCM. It is a condition in which the hearts ability to pump blood is lessened because its main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged and weakened. This is preventing her heart from filling with blood as it should. Over time, it can affect the other chambers of her heart. " the doctor explained I just copy and pasted most of the explanation from the internet  🙃.
The lady sat there im shock. "This was caused because of her severe Coronary Artery disease. " the lady immediately looked up at him. The lady gulped. "Doing a heart surgery would be best in the future but for now we can put stents into her artery to make it abit better aswell as some medication. "
"I can't... " the lady mumbled. "Pardon? " the lady looked at the doctor dead in the eyes. 
"She isn't even mine I can't. I live in the streets I can't pay for these. " she said and quickly got up. The doctor stood up. "She will die. She will die if she doesn't get treatment. " the lady turned around and came closer to him. 
"It's not like she'll be fully healed doctor and I came here in recommendation from the others not because I wanted to. I'm leaving with her. " she said. 
The doctor sighed. She went and sighed some stuff because she was leaving against medical advice and left. Grace was confused because the lady looked at her weirdly. 
It was now nightime and they were sitting at a park. The lady looked down at Grace who had turned 4 a few days ago. "Grace... " the lady mumbled. Grace looked up at her. 
"You can stay and play here and when you get tired you can sleep in the slides. " 
"Where are you guys going? " the innocent Grace asked. "We're going to go make some money. " the lady said and left leaving Grace all alone. 
Grace waited for the lady to come back she went and slept as the lady said woke up the next morning and she still wasn't there. And when the playground started to have kids in it she realized that she would never come back. 
She was annoyed and frustrated. She felt a tear go down her cheek as she sat on the bench... 
Lizzie eyed Grace who was sleeping on the hospital bed. The doctor told her and Robbie about Grace's sickness and the treatment options. They both decided they would get her treated and do anything they could for her. But at the same time they were both heart broken especially Liz. 
She felt cursed. Her daughter disappeared and now she got another chance to be a mother but she's sick and suffering. Lizzie was taken put of her thoughts when she heard a whine. Grace was starting to wake up. 
Grace opened her eyes and sat up. "Lizzie good morning... " Grace said as she Rubbed her eyes. "Morning sweetie. " Lizzie said with a smile. 
"Where are we? " Grace asked as she looked around. "We're at the hospital hunny. " Lizzie said rubbing Graces hand. Graces expression dropped and hummed. "What's wrong? " Lizzie asked but Grace ignored Lizzie's question. 
"Why are we here? " "we're here because you're sick and the doctors are going to make you feel abit better and give you some medicine to get stronger. " Lizzie said and Grace nodded. 
"How are they going to make me feel better? " "Their going to put something in your heart and fix it abit. " Lizzie said. 
"When? " "In a few hours... "