• 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!”

  • dont Volvat Nights

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  • shoved past the transplant coordinator

  • touching my

  • reluctantly, shooting me an apologetic look.

  • wall, finally able to breathe

  • on

  • “My poor baby…”

  • all the drama of a soap

  • go on without you?” Then she whirled on

  • your fault, you gold–digging tramp! You worked him

  • with

  • I saw red.

  • was Carol who’d

  • on the

  • Carol. You want to talk about who killed Dave? Look

  • open. “How dare you! I would never

  • for more money? Because his mommy dearest has

  • a couple hundred grand…”

  • couple hundred grand? Jesus

  • you know what the median income is in this city?”

  • people don’t see that kind of money in five

  • ‘accident last month that cost us twenty grand in medical bills, Don’t think I don’t know what really

  • You got caught fooling around with Susan’s husband

  • a lie!” Carol’s face turned

  • saw

  • been working your way through the married men’s

  • a normal person

  • your mouth!” Carol lunged

  • the crash cart,

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

  • anxiously

  • We need a nurse in here!” I ran

  • swarmed in, I grabbed Dave’s personal effects bag and started wheeling him toward the service elevator.

  • funeral home van was already waiting.

  • five hundred bucks to take the fastest route to

  • started

  • hit “decline” on both.

  • of the van, it was

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