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.

sit up, grabbing a pillow to prop behind her back. "Where's your medication? Take your pills first, then I'll

"They're in my bag."

the pills out of her

read about her illness online—apparently, it could be excruciating when it

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

been doing relatively well the

upset, and the stress had set

you to the

Mom and Dad

now, Jessica was worried about their parents finding out.

left early to visit Grandpa at the hospital. Jessy, let's

hers-if it had been,

help a little. Let me rest for a bit

Jessica's phone buzzed.

It was Carlisle calling.

since she hadn't shown 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

can you hand me my

couldn't speak, so they always used sign language

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