Next to Heather Sherwood, a little bald girl's eyes sparkled as she looked at the teddy bear. "Holly, can I touch it? I wanted one too, but my mom said this brand of bear costs ten thousand, and she can't afford it."
Heather Sherwood blinked her slightly rounded, almond-shaped eyes. She looked down at the toy in her hands; it felt wonderful to the touch, soft as a cloud when she squeezed it. It was an exceptionally exquisite strawberry bear, and the strawberry-shaped barrette on its head was studded with a few glass rhinestones.
She looked down at it again. She had thought it was an ordinary teddy bear, but she never expected the price to be ten thousand!
Heather Sherwood knew ten thousand was a lot of money. It was enough for several rounds of chemotherapy or a box of the specialty medication she needed. It would take her brother a whole month of work to earn that much. She never imagined that Nina Donovan would just give her such an expensive gift so quietly.
