My Stolen Kidney, His Shattered World

ter now, a hint of wonder in it. "You're not wr

ple, so direct, was a

rate plea and a calculated move all in one.

l kind. "If we do this, if I help you, it has to be a clean b

test. A

g like ash. "He drugged me and had it cut out of me f

of breath on hi

rdening with resolve. "What matters is getting o

than had never shown. "I'll arrange everything. Discreet discharge. A fli

new city.

whispered, a wave of ex

le it. Someone will be the

hun

e pillows, the phone

tiny flicker of something other than pain sparked wi

e, efficient and kind, arrang

with quiet competence, deflecting t

returned. No

called my ro

tied up in a critical meeting regarding the new

eeting. Oliv

to reply. What

orities lay. They ha

exit, Ethan appeared, striding down the hallway, a

when he saw me, h

oing? The doctor said

d with that famili

rged, Ethan," I s

nfamiliar nurse, a flicker

to take you home. I

to take my arm. "Tha

he asked, his tone shi

ght this was som

charming smile plastered on his face. "Actua

eelchair, but Marcus's

irely on me, his eyes gleamin

a corridor towards a private hos

lowed, my sil

in the center, under a rose-covered trellis, was a sm

amed. "S

e knee, pulling a velv

diamond glittered,

heatrical emotion. "We've been through so much. Y

fter stealing my organ, after years of neglect and

must have u

him exactly what I thought of his prop

flowing white dress, lookin

eavens I found you!" she c

, one hand pressed drama

a look of feigned remorse. "I... I just wanted

elicate sigh,

course. She crumpled g

instant, the proposal, th

ept her into his arms, his fa

e ring clattered to th

I'm so weak," Olivia murmure

at me. He just carried her

hed th

d gathered to witness the "romant

Olivia faints, and

never really s

the trellis, she lifted her h

ine over his r

all, triumphant, mal

ith a strange detachment. But Ethan,

And I had been a bigg