The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

While we talked. Mike slipped out, phone already pressed to his ear.

No doubt calling Carol to get her butt down here ASAP.

“Let’s move quickly.” 1 urged. “Time is critical with organ donation, right?”

The team started wheeling the bed toward the door.

“Stop!” Mike blocked the doorway, practically dripping sweat.

“Dr. Anderson, what are you doing?” the coordinator asked, baffled.

“Mike, move. Don’t interfere with Dave’s final wish,” I snapped.

“He’s not… I mean, you can’t… Please, just wait,” Mike sputtered, nearly blowing the whole charade.

“Dr. Anderson, step aside or I’ll have to report this to the chief of surgery,” the coordinator said

firmly.

“The family hasn’t even had time to say goodbye,” Mike pleaded.

“Organs first, goodbyes later. There are people dying while we stand here arguing.”

“Get your hands off my son, you heartless witch!”

Carol burst through the door like a hurricane.

“How dare you try to carve him up before he’s even cold!”

“Mom, this isn’t butchery – it’s organ donation,” I explained, trying to keep my voice level.

“Who gave you the right?”

“I’m honoring Dave’s wishes.”

“Bullshit! My son would never agree to this. I absolutely refuse!”

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shoved past the transplant coordinator

Nobody’s touching my baby

left reluctantly, shooting

finally

lucky stars on that bed, thinking he’d dodged

“My poor baby…”

threw herself onto Dave’s body with all the drama of a soap opera

without you?” Then she whirled

you gold–digging tramp!

came at me with

I saw red.

life, it was Carol who’d rushed Dave’s “body”

in on

about who killed Dave? Look in the mirror!” I

open. “How dare you! I would never

really? Why do you think he was always hustling for more money? Because his mommy dearest has a gambling addiction and keeps maxing

only lost a

couple hundred grand?

median income is in

kind of

cost us twenty grand in medical bills, Don’t think I don’t

got caught fooling around with Susan’s husband at the country

Carol’s face turned

I saw your ER report,”

club is talking about how you’ve been working your way through the married men’s golf

you’re that lonely, join Match.com like a normal person instead of breaking up marriages.”

mouth!” Carol lunged

she slammed into the crash

to check on her, helping the nurses get her onto a nearby gurney.

anxiously

need a nurse in here!” I ran into the hallway shouting.

grabbed Dave’s personal effects bag and started wheeling him toward the

van was already

five hundred bucks to

calls started

“decline” on

of the van, it