Chinese Food

I just gave them my overtime check of 1600 dollars for the month of February. They were appreciative. It always makes her cry in the room upstairs, but this kid needs it and I'll always be here for them. My best friend and his wife don't have to go through this alone. We're eating cheap Chinese food at their kitchen table covered in hospital bills and documents. My wife gets Chinese food on a huge discount cause she works part-time as a second job. We're all doing what we can for this kid. He deserves the world.

My best friend sits down at the table.

You sore?

Yeah. Pretty sore.

You don't win a lot.

Thanks, I know.

We've always given each other a hard time.

You don't have-

I stop him.

I do. Unless you have a different option that makes us that much money? I'm all ears.

His eyes hit the ground. I sense he feels shame. He doesn't need to feel shame.

Hey, it's good. Don't worry about me. Lets worry about his next hospital bill. Lets focus on that.

We eat Chinese food. This is every day. But we're not giving up.