I Rented My Husband Out and Bought My Daughter A Heart Surgery Chapter 06

I Rented My Husband Out and Bought My Daughter A Heart Surgery Chapter 06

All the color drained from Alistair’s face.

“There’s… no Bria?”

He reached for the wall, barely managing to stay upright.

“That’s not possible. The surgery was almost over…”

His hands trembled as what I had given him slipped to the floor.

A divorce certificate.

And a savings account statement.

“What is this, Maren? Is this… from the last time?”

He reached for me, panic creeping into his voice.

“This is my fault. Just stop scaring me, okay? Take me to her.”

“I don’t care about Coraline anymore. I only did all that because you cared more about

I just wanted a reaction.”
“A reaction?”

I picked up the statement and threw it straight at his face.

“You used my daughter’s life for that?”

“Alistair Vance, you’re not even human.”

“This account belongs to Bria.”

My hands shook as I flipped it open and pointed at the transaction history.

“She spent almost a year saving.”

“She wanted you there for her surgery.”

His eyes widened as he stared at the entries.

Large deposits. Holiday money.

money than

Tiny ones too-five dollars here, ten there, rewards for doing chores.

Every single dollar, saved by his daughter.

She was $1,802 short of ten thousand.

“She even sold her toys behind my back.”

“The only one she kept was her favorite doll-the one you gave her.”

“She couldn’t bring herself to sell it.”

“In the end, Dexter broke it.”

My voice caught, but I kept going.

“Before the surgery, she gave me this.”

“She said she didn’t have enough saved… and asked if you’d give her a discount.”

“She wanted to rent you for one hour.”

“Just to have you wait outside until she came out.”

The tears came anyway.

“But what did you do?”

“While she was waiting for you, you rented out her doctors.”

“You don’t deserve to be her father.”

Alistair collapsed onto the floor. He didn’t say a word.

I picked up my bag and walked out without looking back.

The only reason I came was to collect the divorce papers that had been mailed there.

An hour later, the audio recording I sold to the press exploded across every platform.

The same outlets that once praised Coraline and Alistair flipped overnight, running front-page

coverage that exposed everything.

I didn’t need to check.

I already knew their phones would be blowing up.

I turned mine off.

Then put on sunglasses and a mask and walked into Crestview Private Clinic.

After the remarriage, I hadn’t just been saving money.

I had been funding hospitals.

I thought it might bring Bria some luck.

I didn’t expect it to save her life.

When the ambulance got blocked, doctors from here came through a back emergency route.

They transferred her out safely. Finished the surgery just before the anesthesia wore off.

I paid to suppress every piece of media coverage. Bought out all the surveillance footage.

All for one thing.

To give her a quiet place to recover.

The doctor came toward me the moment he saw me.

“Ms. Halbrook, your daughter is awake.”

He hesitated.

“There’s just… something.”

“What is it?”

My heart dropped as I rushed into the room.

Bria sat on the bed, small and still.

When she saw me, she smiled.

“Mom.”

Her palm was damp as she grabbed my finger.

“Mom, I saw Dad during the surgery.”

“He told me not to be scared. To be brave.”

“He said he’d always protect us.”

I froze.

The doctor leaned closer, lowering his voice.

“All her vitals are normal.”

“But her memory… there may be some disruption.”

He paused.

“She believes her father is dead.”