Yates advised, "Try them one by one if you must, but it'll take forever. That's not a real solution. The best thing to do is reach out to every hospital you can see if there's a match somewhere."

"I'll go talk to Jessy about it," Vince replied.

He knocked on Jessica's door, but there was no answer, even after a long pause.

With no other choice, he opened the door and stepped inside.

Jessica was still lying in bed.

Vince hurried to her side, calling, "Jessy, Jessy..."

She didn't respond at all.

"Jessy, wake up. Come on, Jessy."

Finally, Jessica's eyes fluttered open, and the first thing she felt was a wave of

pain in her abdomen that made it hard to breathe.

"Vince... it hurts..."

Her voice was little more than a whisper, her brows knit tightly in pain.

prop behind her back. "Where's your medication? Take your pills first, then I'll drive you to

"They're in my bag."

glass of water, fished the pills out of her purse, and handed them to

her illness online—apparently, it could be excruciating when it flared

in fact, there were signs it might even be shrinking. Otherwise, by now she'd probably

relatively well

have been last night—she'd gotten so upset, and the stress had set off another

taking you to

Mom and Dad

worried about their parents finding out. She

left early to visit Grandpa at the hospital. Jessy,

felt wretched. His bone marrow wasn't a match for hers-if it had been, they

okay. This happens every time. The meds help a little. Let me rest for a bit

Jessica's phone buzzed.

It was Carlisle calling.

up at the movie premiere last night. He'd tried to get in touch, but he'd been swamped and it was too late by

hand me

so they always used

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