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.

one by one, people started arriving

and the test results finally came

the doctor and asked, "Well? Did you find

she can't accept a liver from a different blood type. Ideally, we need to find

long can my mom hold on? I'll contact relatives

surgeon said solemnly. "The transplant must happen today, or she won't make

back, causing his upright frame to

of the severity of the

world, couldn't possibly make it in time. And even if he did, at eighty-years-old, he wouldn't survive such a major

blood. Let's have him tested, and

his fear and nodded his

hope was worth pursuing, even though he knew the odds of a non-relative being a match

"I'll take the doctor to lan's room for the test. You stay here with Katherine. Trust

just like the

light, shining through the cracks

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