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.

her back. "Where's your medication? Take your pills first, then

"They're in my bag."

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

online—apparently, it could be excruciating when it flared

months since her diagnosis. Thankfully, the cancer hadn't spread any further; in fact, there were signs it might even be shrinking. Otherwise, by

well

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

taking you to the

and Dad

finding out. She hated

Grandpa at the

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

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

Jessica's phone buzzed.

It was Carlisle calling.

Carlisle had good news to share, and he also wanted to check in since she hadn't shown up at the movie premiere last night. He'd tried to

hand me

always

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