I replied, "Mom and Dad, you should know how busy I am. I don't have time. You're both retired, with money and time on your hands. If you're so worried, why don't you rent a place near her university and keep an eye on her?"
My mom was momentarily speechless. "But renting a place costs money, and your dad and I are quite busy."
They were busy with fishing, bird-walking, and relaxing vacations.
I chuckled, "Then let her live on her own. She's an adult now, and you've raised her well. She should be able to handle her own affairs."
Seeing that I was unmoved, my mom relented.
She even gave Lily five thousand dollars to buy new clothes to meet Cole.
Counting the days, Lily should have already started donating blood to Lauri.
One weekend evening, my mom called me in a panic.
She said, "Audra, Lily fainted at school. You need to call an ambulance right away."
It was always like this in my previous life—whenever Lily had an accident, my parents would call me first to solve the problem.
I was the one who paid for her hospitalization, follow-up medication, and even the ambulance.
They couldn't even be bothered to come to the hospital, treating me like a problem-solver, constantly calling to rush me.