No Strings Attached

Brodie's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at Clara. "Thank you."

Clara gave a faint, reassuring smile. "You need to stay strong, Brodie. Katherine is counting on you."

"I know."

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The surgeon emerged with a grave expression. "The patient's liver is critically damaged. We need to perform a liver transplant immediately. We've contacted all the donor registries, but there's no match available yet. The family should get tested right away."

When he heared this, Brodie's hands involuntarily clenched into fists.

His voice trembled. "Okay, I'll get tested right now."

Teo chimed in, "I'll get tested too, and I'll call some more people over."

He immediately whipped out his cell phone and dialed a number.

people started arriving to get

passed, and the test results

the doctor and asked, "Well? Did

state, she can't accept a liver from a different blood type. Ideally, we

my mom hold on? I'll contact relatives abroad

time," the surgeon said solemnly. "The transplant must happen today,

back, causing

was painfully aware of the severity of the

a tall order. His grandfather, halfway across the world, couldn't possibly make it in time. And even if he did, at eighty-years-old, he wouldn't

Let's have him tested, and I'll round up some more

his fear

even though he knew the odds of a non-relative being a match were

arm, offering comfort, "I'll take the doctor to lan's room for the test. You

flashed him a victorious sign, just

shining through the cracks in

time a storm hit, it was her encouragement that gave him a reason to