“Yes, we are here.
Can we visit you?” Philip spoke.
“….alright, then. We will be there in five minutes.”
“Dad, what’s going on? Why are we here?” Sabrina asked Philip.
He suddenly stopped outside a ward with the sign: Pediatric Oncology Center.
“Look through the glass,” Philip said as Sabrina stepped forward and peeped through the round glass on the door. She saw Mr. Hudson holding a bald girl’s hand.
“Remember Amy, Mr.
Hudson’s daughter? This is where she’s been living ever since she was diagnosed with cancer,” Philip told Sabrina.
“Mr. Hudson has been saving his pension for her treatment.
He told me he keeps money in his cabinet because he is afraid of last-minute delays in the bank in case he needs money urgently for something. Sabrina, you not only stole his money, but you tried to steal his daughter’s life. Amy is all Mr.
Hudson has after he lost his wife last year.”
Tears flooded Sabrina’s eyes when she saw Amy hugging Mr. Hudson. He was telling her something, wiping away her tears.
“And you know what?
I don’t think Amy is worried about not being the most popular girl in the class. She doesn’t care if her dad doesn’t blindly spend money to get her expensive things or if he doesn’t have a grand house. She only wishes to be alive and win her battle with cancer.
She only wants her dad… not his money or anything. I only hope Mr. Hudson forgives me if he comes to know I covered up for you,” added Philip, tears rising in his eyes.
Sabrina didn’t answer or utter a word and silently cried.
“God, what did I do? How will I face my dad?” she thought.
Several months passed, and Mr. Hudson was always grateful to Philip and Sabrina for taking care of his house while he was away.
He trusted them as always, and they never let the things Sabrina did in his house slip.
Sabrina started working on her father’s friend’s farm the following summer. Although she could not repay her dad fully, she decided to return her two months’ earnings to him to compensate for the money he spent covering up for her in fixing Mr. Hudson’s house.
But to her surprise, Philip refused to take a penny.
“It’s not about money, again, my dear. I hope you learned how greed and theft could ruin your happiness and someone else’s life. I’m glad you’ve changed.
This money is yours, and you may spend it as you wish.”
Sabrina could not hold back her tears and donated all the money to sick children that evening. She did not want to be the popular girl in class.
She craved no attention nor rich friends. She realized that popularity and fame only hold true if one does good and does not feed their greed by harming someone.
As for Mr.
Hudson, he continued to trust Philip and Sabrina with his house again, and it’s a mystery if he would ever come to know the things Sabrina did in his home.
