Chapter 377 - 466: Donation
It’s unclear who started it, but the party hall was suddenly filled with teasing catcalls.
Chloe Sinclair froze for a moment. The name Sean Collins rang a bell, and her eyes immediately began scanning the crowd.
After a quick search, she finally spotted a quiet man with glasses behind a sofa.
Chloe Sinclair had a vague impression of Sean Collins. He used to be their vice class president and had pretty good grades, but he hadn’t done well on the college entrance exams and ended up at a university in Y Province.
Sean Collins was tall and had a scholarly look with his glasses. Hearing his classmates’ teasing, his face instantly turned beet red with embarrassment.
"Haha, look at Sean Collins blushing!"
"Sean, it’s now or never!"
"If you like her, just confess! Sean, are you a man or what?"
...
The catcalls rose and fell, and Chloe Sinclair frowned slightly.
’She really didn’t like seeing someone being forced into a corner like this.’
"Aren’t we here today to discuss the donations for Julie Judd? Why has the focus shifted to me?"
Chloe Sinclair’s voice wasn’t loud, but everyone heard her clearly.
Now that they were all adults, it was obvious she was trying to change the subject.
Summer Beckett, also worried Chloe Sinclair might get angry, chimed in, "Confess? What’s there to confess? Our Chloe has a boyfriend!"
Chloe Sinclair raised an eyebrow slightly, as if she’d already guessed what was coming.
She continued, "There are tons of guys online claiming to be Chloe’s boyfriend, writing thousand-word Confession essays to her every single day without fail."
Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
Sean Collins felt a pang of regret, but deep down, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
But whenever he thought about how outstanding Chloe Sinclair was, he felt he wasn’t even worthy of confessing his feelings to her.
The little episode passed quickly.
After they finished their meal, everyone began to discuss what to do about their former social chair, Julie Judd.
Donating money was a given, but that money would eventually run out.
It wasn’t that they minded continuing to raise funds, but it was ultimately a bottomless pit.
After some discussion, Summer Beckett sighed. "We can’t just donate money. We also have to use our connections and see if we can get Julie Judd transferred to a better hospital."
"All the hospitals here in Kennet are at a loss with Julie’s condition. The only option is to look to Silport. The military hospital there might be her last shred of hope."
"That’s too far. I don’t have any relatives over there."
"Me neither."
"What about asking for help online?"
Just then, however, a female classmate who used to be close with Julie Judd suddenly said, "I already asked. Julie’s family is planning to stop her treatment."
The news sent a shockwave through the room.
The news was like a bombshell that left everyone stunned and unsure how to react.
"Stop treatment?"
"Stopping treatment is just waiting to die, isn’t it? Would Julie agree to that?"
"How could her family bear to do that?"
A sad look filled the female classmate’s eyes. "Her family wants her to continue treatment, too," she said. "But you all saw it—one hundred thousand a month. An ordinary family can’t afford that. And that’s just for three boxes of medicine. If they find a successful match, there are still all the recovery costs after that."
"Her family has already spent seven or eight hundred thousand over the past six months or so, but Julie’s condition has only gotten worse. Now, they can only afford palliative care. They’re just trying to take it one day at a time."
Sometimes, those who want to die can’t, while those who want to live are struggling just to survive on the edge of death.
An endless silence descended upon the party hall.
After what felt like an eternity, Summer Beckett gritted her teeth. "No matter what, we have to donate this money. I’ll start with forty thousand."
"I’ll give two thousand."
"I’ll donate seven hundred."
...
Finally, it was Chloe Sinclair’s turn. All eyes turned to her.
However, Chloe Sinclair calmly walked to the center of the room, took a card out of her pocket, and said slowly, "I’ll also donate forty thousand."
"And I promise that I will do everything in my power to create a specific drug to suppress her condition in the shortest time possible."