The Cupcake From A Fake Debt

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I was burning the candle at both ends, working three dead-end jobs just to keep my biological parents afloat.

I wanted to ease their burden, you know?

But all the ramen and skipped meals caught up with me, and I ended up with stomach cancer at freakin' twenty-three.

Then, when I finally went to use my savings for treatment, I discovered my folks had already swiped the ten grand I'd been killing myself to save.

"Honey, we had to use it to pay off some debts. We're tapped out right now. Can