To pay my mother’s debt, I was forced to marry an elderly woman, the owner of the hotel. I never imagined my life would spiral this way. I was just 20—bright, full of dreams, with a scholarship in journalism and a part-time gig at the front desk of the Belleview Grand Hotel. That was all I needed to keep me and my mother afloat after my father’s passing.
But life doesn’t wait for you to catch your breath.
When the calls started, I thought they were a mistake.
“Your mother owes $87,000 in defaulted loans.”
I laughed at first. My mother the woman who never missed a rent payment in her life. But the documents were real. She had borrowed to keep our home, to cover my school fees, to pay off my father’s hidden medical bills. And now, the debt collectors wanted blood. I tried everything. I pleaded with….Read Full Story Here………………..
