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Yousif's Death: A Brief Summary
Yousif’s uncle “Mr. Odeesho” died and he left Yousif $10,000. Yousif didn’t know about his uncle’s will until that day when he got a phone call from his uncle’s lawyer “Reem”. She explained for him the will and Yousif didn’t believe that he finally will buy his dream car and he doesn’t need to fix his old car because it will cost him about $2000 and he thought it doesn’t worth it! he got money now. Later his mother “Zoey” called him telling him about that her ophthalmologist told her if she doesn’t do her eyes surgery she will end up losing her vision. However, she told Yousif that she will borrow money from the bank to do her surgery. Yousif was shocked and he doesn’t want his mother to take a loan, he thought it is a bad idea. Yousif was faced with two choices his mother’s eyes surgery and his dream car. …show more content…
Then, Yousif did his final decision he chose to pay for his mother’s surgery which is going to cost him $6000, also he decided to fix his old car, and he also made a smart decision by saving the rest of his money in the bank and to save up for his dream

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