Marleen was in the terminal stage of leukemia, suffering immensely.

Her parents had divorced and remarried, and now no one wanted to take care of her or pay for her medical bills. She couldn't even afford her painkillers. Without the money for her medical expenses, the hospital threw her out.

Her friend, upon learning of her condition, feared she would die in the apartment and bring bad luck, so he threw her belongings out and kicked her out.

She called Alfred, crying, but he was too busy scrambling to borrow money to pay off his bank loans and credit cards to care about her.

Marleen tried to stay at the...