"What's wrong?" Lina looked at her in confusion and asked, "Did you go to the hospital that day?"

"I did," Lena replied softly.

She had gone to the hospital but had no memory of meeting Lina. Moreover, she hadn't visited Nala's ward that day. She knew Nala was now wary of her and didn't want to add to the girl's stress while she was unwell.

Lena frowned. Could there be a misunderstanding?

Just then, Chris returned home with a bag of fresh fruits, all of which Lena loved. Zuko followed behind him.

"You both came just in time!" Chris smiled. "Stay for lunch. I've improved my cooking skills!"

"Your cooking was already great," Lina teased. "That's why Lenny gained some weight."

Lena instinctively glanced at her waistline.

took the groceries into the kitchen. He prepared a table full of dishes

Zuko had prepared this spread, it would have taken forever, and the kitchen would be a mess afterward. Plus,

chatted and ate, they soon

to worry," Zuko said. "I've contacted Grandpa Rowan. Uncle

"Now Lenny can finally relax,

that the best treatment for this illness is a bone marrow transplant.

his sister is quite difficult. She's laid out some very strict conditions. The Chrisses seem to

"What?"

"But this woman is very strange. She always wears a mask, supposedly because she had facial disfigurement in

There was something strange about this. On the day Sasha agreed to the bone marrow compatibility test, Elijah was preparing to

is the consent form

and glanced at it

dollars for this. In return, they had received

conduct a DNA test

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