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.

a pillow to prop behind her back.

"They're in my bag."

rushed to pour her a glass of water, fished the

illness online—apparently, it

had been almost four months since her diagnosis. Thankfully, the cancer hadn't spread any further; in fact, there were signs it might even be shrinking. Otherwise, by now she'd probably

doing relatively well the

night—she'd gotten so upset, and the

you

Mom and Dad

Jessica was worried about their parents finding out. She hated the idea of

to visit Grandpa

His bone marrow wasn't a match for hers-if it had

help a little. Let me rest

Jessica's phone buzzed.

It was Carlisle calling.

wanted to check in 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 the time he

hand

they always

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