Charlie nodded and said, "Then, you must be drinking tonight, right?"

"Yup," Jacob said with a laugh. "I'll certainly drink a little. Why?"

Charlie then said, "Oh, I have some business to tend to this afternoon. If it's convenient for you, I want to use your car later."

Jacob handed the car keys to Charlie without any hesitation and said, "Of course it's convenient for me! Go ahead and use it. It just so happens that I will drink a glass or two tonight. If I drive, I would have to find someone to drive me home. It's much more convenient to just take a cab." 7

Charlie nodded and took the car keys from Jacob.

Claire, who was standing at the side, said, "Dad, I'll be going to my office later. I can send you to the association on the way."

Jacob laughed and said, "Wonderful! I can save on the taxi fare, then!"

After Jacob and Claire had left, Charlie took the pills out, put them into an inconspicuous shoulder bag, and left the house.

into Jacob's car

villa in the suburbs.

went to the office of the

the nephrology department, pushed his glasses up and said seriously, "Miss Young, I have to be frank. Your father is not doing very well right now. His kidney has completely

him every day and hemodialysis every other day. His complications

over to do a check-up on him this morning and found that his condition

for the transplant window, but after another evaluation this morning, I personally feel that the window

said helplessly, " There are still fifteen days left in the transplant window. Excluding the time for pre-operative preparations, you have at most twelve days to find a kidney

tears flowed out of her eyes and drenched her

anxiously, "Dr. Spears, how did my father's condition decline so significantly? That kidney he has now was just transplanted two years ago. You were the one who did the transplant surgery for him, and I remember that you said that he would not have a life-threatening condition for

also do not understand why his kidney would have failed so quickly. I tried to investigate whether there are any signs of accidental ingestion of any toxic substances, but I

kind of toxic substance can

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