Overdue Repentance

re both painters, and we were bo

voted all his atte

ornea my sister had donated to me b

s, unaware that all of his first love

.

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silence su

on, what are

from the hallwa

ransplant surg

since the surgery wa

ssed by, their conversat

the only transplant opportunity to Miss Walsh. I

was the cornea my sister had

ange my sister's wishes? Where

e ground, and it was too

voice reache

If you want your mother to run out of medicati

my earlier bravado disa

..

ds left me

tions, began to bleed, num

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th such force it felt l

.

inging to life in the ICU, I felt a wav

ris, where

froze, sitting on the

u come out

nestling tightly

voice was pierci

so sc

here with you. Every

ck my siste

oice echoed

that Scarle

stion, Chris felt

s Lily wouldn't be falsely accused of bein

l Scarlet

he bandages are removed, I still won't

Lily's hair, the two of th

rig

shut with a "ba

off the bed, crawlin

resist, had to take

emoved Lily

iss Walsh, the surg

ch? Taking my husband wasn't enough, and y

to stop me, I rushed to

her face, loo

ace turne

is a hospital. if you have som

er, my legs buckle

.

driver to take me bac

d on the sofa, repeatedl

ain and again, a wave of

oor closing and a woman'

brought

alone in the

disdain when he saw me

threw it, followed by

ned, shout

o you again? You're becoming

rnea my sister donated to me. What r

Lily, loudly

ce papers when

y drafted divorce pap

'll give her the posit

thing between Chris a

Chris and me, loo

Lily behind him, his f

orld-famou

needs this opportun

entually have a matching corne

hris, I burst

.

to you that even if I died,

shly questioned the man I had b

filled with irrita

s still here, sto

with my impulsiveness, C

p pain radiating from my abdomen, an

ed dramatically as

l in his arms, and I was hooked

child in your wife'

nd, his brow furrowed

is acted like a husband,

u were three months pregnant

"This wouldn't have happened i

s was still spea

and touched my belly, my throat tighte

ipe away my tears, but I t

to sign the di

can't be without someone to take care of you.

ld respond,

t, I caused you and Chr

leave us alone! Wh

h all my strength, my

, it h

r swollen eyes, lookin

's eyes, Chris qui

my cries, while outside, th

once again left m

ndow echoed my heartache,

ry, my c

ht growing stronger in my mind that Chri

ne call wit

porter. I want Chris and

ris appeared before me again,

experiencing a

y some good news came, and

ouldn't bear to see me bein

ou secretly repl

Chris would suspect

an you say su

and you're still

art? Have you ever ca

what? It was my sister who donated it

oug

, causing me to fall

his hand again, but a nurse on

on, please

ringing. After giving me a fi

is flooded with negative new

anxious voice over the p

. That Miss White who is being treated in

ister's cornea get taken, but she also had a mis

If you ask me, Lily's e

the hallway f

he ground in anger, the sc

the room, I couldn't h

ating, so I forced the

nd past a room, I heard L

o die for Scarlett to forgive me? I really didn't mean t

in Chris's arms, her sobs

lies, don't l

Lily's ears, his voic

on. Your eyes haven't recove

stunned by Chri

spoken to m

Lily's shadow was everywhere

the rain tapping on the window

violently, and I clung t

hard to breathe, as the sound of firefigh

es before me move

could see

blood-stained hands to

if it was a dr

ness gradual

p, b

f the monit

brain has been completely