Chapter 1

The summer sun was beating down on the busy streets, making everyone feel like they were melting. People were rushing around in front of the hospital, and the scorching sunlight was hitting everyone equally. Meanwhile, in a hospital room, Katniss Manners slowly woke up from a coma, blinking her eyes open to a strange and mysterious scene.

The gray walls were covered with a red cross, and an old table stood by the bed. The stale air and the strong smell of disinfectant hit her nose, making her already aching head spin even more.

Wait, wasn't she dead? How the heck was she in a hospital?

Katniss remembered.

She had come to the hospital to see her sister, Clara Manners, with a bunch of flowers she had carefully picked out. The hot weather had her drenched in sweat, but she didn't care. Her heart was full of worry and love for Clara. Dodging pedestrians and cars, Katniss hurried along, her anxiety and urgency pushing her forward.

Finally, she reached the hospital entrance and rushed into the ward. The next second, she heard Clara and Elodie Smith talking inside.

"Mom, how did I get this disease? If I can't find a kidney donor, I'm gonna die. What am I gonna do?" Clara's voice trembled as she held the examination report, her eyes filled with helplessness and sadness.

is a doctor; he'll figure something out. We'll find a kidney donor

to please her family but was always ignored and treated coldly. Elodie's suggestion shocked her, a flame

won't make it until then, Mom. I'm still young, I have kids to raise, and I haven't had a chance to take good care

Katniss get stomach cancer? Maybe we can use her kidney. It would

listened to Clara and Elodie's conversation, her mood swinging wildly. She stood quietly in the hospital corner, thinking about her life. As the latecomer to the family, she had gone through countless struggles, each one shaping

who had been mistakenly taken away. She was brought back from the

her family but found it tough. She kept trying,

always got the family's sympathy, while Katniss was the scapegoat. "I just wanted to help," she'd say, but her efforts to solve the family's money problems were met with cold shoulders and blame. She couldn't wrap her head around why she was always the one getting

the real

family was into business, so they were pretty loaded, but as more people got into the game, they started having cash

fix the financial mess, just to get a nod from the Manners family, but she worked herself sick.

hard she tried,

broke the silence, and she unintentionally made

noise outside the ward, and Elodie quickly pushed the door open, frowning and glaring at Katniss. "Were you eavesdropping?" Elodie's voice was full

She hurriedly stood up, wanting to escape the awkward situation. But

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