BELLA'S POV

“Why wouldn’t it be hard to believe? This is a medication that hospitals sell for thousands of dollars, and now someone out of nowhere just pops out and says they’re selling theirs for just two hundred dollars?” my mom said, her tone filled with doubt as she stared at the phone screen.

“Can we have a seat in the living room? I’m already tired,” I said, turning away before she could add another long lecture. My legs felt weak again, the kind of weakness that came without warning and made me feel older than I actually was.

She followed behind me, and I carefully lowered myself onto the...