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.

"Your second brother is a doctor; he'll figure something out. We'll find a kidney donor soon." Clara's tears flowed like a river, her fear and despair rising

had tried so hard to please her family but was always ignored

young, I have kids to raise, and I haven't had a chance to take good care of you," Clara

stomach cancer? Maybe we can use her kidney. It would be a waste otherwise." These words hit

door, Katniss listened to Clara and Elodie's conversation, her mood swinging wildly. She stood quietly in the hospital corner, thinking about her life. As

back from the countryside. This unexpected discovery flipped Katniss's life upside down. She had envisioned a hopeful new life, only to find herself facing

to fit in with her family but found it tough. She kept trying, longing for their

face. Clara's tears always got the family's sympathy, while Katniss was the scapegoat. "I just wanted to help," she'd say, but

was the real

loaded, but as more

who busted her butt day and night to fix the financial mess, just to get a nod from the Manners family, but she worked herself sick. Instead of getting

hard she tried, she'd never

violent cough broke the silence, and she unintentionally made a

getting heavy. Elodie and Clara heard the noise outside the ward, and Elodie

felt a chill. She hurriedly stood up, wanting to escape the awkward situation. But Elodie wasn't letting it go, her eyes filled

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