Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Mr Wood was in the ambulance, he was rushed to the hospital in a haste, he developed an heart attack immediately, he saw that his debt was increase by fifty percent, he was a rich man but became suddenly poor because his wife, Mrs Wood and her daughter Layla were living a luxury life, his second Chloe Wood lost her mother at birth, she has been the only daughter caring for her father after he ran into debt, her dream was to be a nurse, she search for a job so she can take of her father and also pay of his debt bit by bit but no one has decided to want to employ her because of her father’s debt, Chleo, Layla and Mrs Wood were nervous in the hospital why Mr Wood was in the emergency room, the doctor came out from the emergency room with a sad face, Chloe’s heart beat fast.

“ Doc! How is my father doing?” Chleo asked.

“ Mrs Wood! Can I please see you in my office?” The doctor asked.

“ There is no problem. Of course you can” Mrs Wood replied, Mrs Wood went with the doctor to his office, the doctor has asked Mrs Wood to have her seat but she refused.

“ No doc, just tell me how is my husband doing” she said.

“ I am sorry Mrs Wood but we lost him” the doc said and Mrs Wood was heartbroken, she was heartbroken not because she lost her husband but because her husband left debt behind and no one to pay it off because they are broke and have no money again, she went out of the doctor’s office with a sad face, Layla and Chleo ran to her.

“ Mum! Are you ok?” Layla asked.

“ Mrs Wood what’s the problem? What did he the doctor said about my dad?” Chleo asked.

“ We lost him” Mrs Wood said and Chleo and Layla were shocked.

“Oh my goodness!” Chleo said and tears fell off her eyes and she ran to the emergency room and she saw that her father’s has been covered, she pulled the cloth and cried seen her father’s body.

Few days later, Mr Wood was buried, Chleo could not stop crying because she was going to miss her father so much, Layla and her mother did not feel emotional but was only worried about the debt, they got back home after the burial and they met that their things are been thrown out, they have mean locked out of the house be pay part of their father’s debt, they don’t longer have right to the house, Layla and her mother did not what else to do and she tried to called the people who locked the house and they were told to pay Mr Wood house to claimed back the house.

“ What! I was actually thinking we could sell the house then travel out of from here” Layla says and Chleo was upset.

“ What? Is that the only thing we could think of after dad’s death? We should think of how to pay off his debt and also where to stay when we have no house again” Chleo said and Mrs Wood yelled at her and shut her up and the rain started, they all ran to a corner to hide.

“ Right now, we have no choice than to go back my low life” Mrs Wood said.

“ What? Mum! You know that I was not raised with low life, I won’t cope, we should look for a solution, I am already used to my luxury life” Layla said.

“ Layla, we can’t sleep on the street, we will go back to the small tiny house my mother lived before her death” Mrs Wood said and Layla was angry, Chleo was angry and emotional.

“ This is all their fault and Layla still thinks about their solution instead of looking for a solution to pay off our debt so we can be free” Chleo said.

After a few hours, they got to the tiny house, Mrs Wood talked about, the house was dirty and dusty, Layla drop her bag and she ran out of the house, Chleo and Mrs Wood dropped their bags also.

“ The house is just a mess” Mrs Wood said.

“ Well mum, you know that, I don’t like stress so it’s better Chleo to do the clean up” Layla said.

“ You’re right. Chleo, you should do the clean up” Mrs Wood said and Chleo clean up the house because she also needed where to stay because they might decide to throw her out if she refused.

After a while, the house was already neat, Chleo was already tired and she went to bed because it was already dark, she was thinking of how to get a job the next because she applied for jobs.

“ I’m tired mum, I will just go to my room, I guess I lost my appetite already” Layla said and she went to bed also, Mrs Wood stood in the front of the window thinking so deep of a solution and she remembered one of her friends, Mrs Thomas, she dialed her number.

“ Hi Mrs Thomas” Mrs Wood said.

“ Hi Mrs Wood! It’s been a so long while. Why are you calling me? Well we are not of the same class anymore and I hope you know that, I still live a luxury life while you are broke maybe now living in the slums with her late husband’s debt, I don’t know how you going to pay it off” Mrs Thomas said and Mrs Wood was pained.

“I know that you will mocked me but I need your help” Mrs Wood said.

“ What kind of help do you need from me?” Mrs Thomas asked.

“ Can we meet tomorrow by 10 am?” She asked.

“ Sure! We should meet at my house” Mrs Thomas said.

“ Thank you” Mrs Wood said  and she hang up the call.

“ I must have solutions and this disgrace must stop” she said in anger.