I've Been There Before

The day for Payne to receive bone marrow transplantation was imminent.

He had changed into a hospital gown and Mrs. James was by his side.

“Payne, don’t be nervous. Nothing will happen,” Mrs. James comforted him, but her son remained silent.

Looking at her son’s thin cheeks, she couldn’t help curse Grace again.

“If it weren’t for that kindhearted person whose bone marrow matches yours, Grace would have almost killed you.”

Payne seemed to be annoyed.

“Mom! Stop!”

“What’s the matter with you?

Mom loves you. Why are you yelling at me?”

“Mom, stop scolding Grace like that.”

“Why can’t I scold her? She doesn’t care about her family at all.”

Mrs. James hated her daughter from the bottom of her heart.

It had been proven that she was wrong about Grace’s identity back then. That girl was indeed her daughter.

However, after knowing the truth, Mrs. Jane still treated her son differently from her daughter.

After all, she raised her son from his childhood, so she was closer to him.

As for Grace … At the thought that she took away the entire property of the James Group after returning to S City, Mrs. James couldn’t help loathing her.

The property should belong to Payne.

In addition, she had pleaded Grace several times, but that girl refused to donate her bone marrow to her brother. In Mrs. James’ view, Grace was an extremely cold-blooded person who didn’t care about her family.

However, at this moment, Payne’s mind was a mess.

He had already seen a glimmer of hope, for someone was willing to donate bone marrow to him. He wouldn’t die, nor would he risk losing his life at any moment.

He should have relaxed, but as time passed, he became more restless.

The paramedics had informed him that the anonymous donor was about to start donating bone marrow.

He reached out and pulled the nurse’s sleeves.

“Wait … can … can you tell me the name of the kind person who donated the bone marrow?”

“Sorry, that person is unwilling to reveal his name.” The nurse smiled kindly and continued, “Don’t worry. You will be fine. Just take good care of yourself.”

With that, she turned around and left.

Payne was even more upset. Mrs. James noticed that her son was a little upset. She thought that Payne might be too worried.

“The paramedics have said that you should rest assured.

“Son, don’t think nonsense. Mom will always be there for you.”

As she tried to persuade him, Mrs. James thought of something that made her sad.

“Jafar is really a bastard. His son is going to have the bone marrow transplant surgery, but he did not even show up.

Perhaps he is having a good time with his mistress. I hope he dies miserably...”

Hearing Mrs. James’ curse, Payne became more agitated. He suddenly got up from the bed and was about to leave.

“Son, what are you doing?”

Mrs. Jane chased after him.

Payne walked faster and faster.

“Wait for me.”

Mrs. James took her valuable handbag and chased after him.

However, Payne started to run and he bumped into the nurse he met just now.

“Wait a moment! Take me there!” he roared in a low voice,

“Please take me to the operating room where the surgery will be carried out.”

He looked flustered. The nurse seemed to be frightened. “Take your hands off me first. The donor is unwilling to reveal his name.”

“Please take me there, okay?” Payne’s tone softened and he pleaded.

The nurse was a little swayed, but she still shook her head.

Payne refused to let her go. “Is the donor my sister? Her name is Grace.”

He wasn’t stupid. How could there be such a coincidence? His sister had just come to see him, and then a donor appeared that day, whose bone marrow successfully matched his.

These days, he kept deceiving himself that things were not what he thought. The donor must be someone else.

However, he had noticed that things were too coincidental.

He wanted to survive and pretended not to know anything, but he would recall his sister’s words every night.

He asked his mother to bring over a locked diary. He opened it and looked at the contents.

The diary recorded the childhood of Grace and him that he had long forgotten.

The handwriting was childish. At that time, he didn’t even know all the Chinese characters. He gave phonetic transcriptions of some words, and a few sentences he wrote were even incomprehensible.

In an adult’s view, the contents of this diary were funny and childish.

However, they reminded him of the past.

His daily life was recorded in the diary. Sometimes, he was jealous that Grace got praise from their grandfather again. Sometimes, he would record what books Grace read and what movies she watched … After reading through the whole diary, he suddenly realized that he had recorded every event he had as a child, and Grace was always by his side.

He still remembered that Grace told him when they were young, he once helped save her from gangsters.

He looked at the diary of that day, which read: Today is my happiest day, for I protected my sister. It turned out that protecting my sister would make me so happy. From now on, I will always protect her.

The writing blurred, for his tears had fallen onto the paper. His heart wrenched with pain when he looked at the oath that he would protect Grace and make her happy forever. He regretted throwing away this diary at will after he had discord with Grace.

“My sister only has one kidney. She can’t donate bone marrow to me.”

Payne continued, “Please take me there. I won’t force her to donate bone marrow to me anymore.”

The nurse looked at Payne’s pale and haggard face. This man had been greatly tortured by the illness. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt sympathy for him.

Just as he was about to speak, a cold voice rang out from behind him.

“It’s a good thing that you still remember that Grace is your sister. I am relieved that you still care about her.”

When Payne heard the familiar voice, he was shocked. Then he looked up and murmured, “Caden…”

Wearing a cold look, the man stood three meters away from him. He then asked, “Where is your ward?”

“Caden, you

was dumbfounded.

she

guilt engulfed her, but when she looked at her

operation soon. Son, don’t think nonsense. Follow me back to the

want to

something to tell you,” Caden said in

leaving, he reminded him, “I won’t allow Grace to take

was right.

…

In the ward.

sat down. Opposite him was Payne sitting by the bed.

to me and donated

Caden broke the silence.

won’t force her to donate her bone marrow!” As he spoke, he stood up and was

factors,

Payne felt

donor...”

“Your brother.”

Payne was struck dumb.

the inspection report, but since Grace didn’t care about you, I just

ceremony and put a

he stopped on second thought. This

just stood at the side and

Ever since she found out about your illness, she has been asking

I underestimated her kindness.”

Caden curled his

match, she decided to

much, I can’t just

father’s mistress, so the one lying in

who will donate bone marrow to you is also

His father barely visited him since he was sick, for he didn’t care about him at

for his so-called younger brother and his mother, they had been demanding to

for returning

was just for money.

you give

believed that Ollie’s

up at

advertising company with a market value of

James gasped in astonishment as she heard this. She immediately put on a

give them

they worthy of

sneered and looked

Grace’s life worth

blushed

that your life was

Caden stood up and said, “Remember to lead a better life from now on. Don’t

Group,” Caden

already a mess. Don’t think that Grace got huge profits. The James Group

Mrs. James could no longer remain calm. “That’s nonsense! That group has huge assets. How could it

since the James Group has been given to Grace, we won’t fight for it anymore. You’re afraid that we’ll

agitated expression,

Group compare with

was lost for

willing to give it to her without any hesitation.” Caden was implying that the James Group was nothing compared

such a large asset like

can’t believe you

and didn’t argue

at Payne’s face.

you ever cared about the

company for money when you are

to leading an easy life with everything

flushed because of his mockery.

Caden’s words were

past, he had always lived a carefree and unrestrained life. It didn’t matter if he had no

never worried about

the James Group, it was already a

diverse, and the

advantage of Grace’s entry into

true that the James Group once ran out of

Caden said calmly.

and you are familiar with the company’s procedures. You should know how

believe what he

moment, he was even

Group once lacked

wanted to deny it, but it was Caden who told

could not

never wanted

saying that, he

was left standing

bank ever since she came back from Erhai Lake. Perhaps she was thinking that if she couldn’t find a suitable match for him, she would donate her bone

at him … It was out of his expectation that Grace had never wanted to snatch

lot from the James Group. She never mentioned that the

The cost of treatment during his hospitalization was high, and his mother was used to leading a luxurious life. However, the monthly expenses paid to his mother

head. At this moment, no one knew what she was

one saw that her

knew whether she loved her daughter

…

days had passed since Grace was imprisoned by Caden. Vivian looked for

she understood

knew that Grace went to the hospital to

very unsettled now since she

several times, but she was not allowed to see

that she couldn’t bear

she shouted

let me

in, I’ll call the police right now!

even grabbed at his collar fiercely. Vivian was a pretty and charming woman, but when she went crazy, she just looked like a

Ladd warned her in a low

nap. Can

me to be quiet? Ok. Please move aside and

as soon as I see

her provocative manner, Ladd

bit his hand. “Why did you bite me? Are you

means she could think of, for she was determined to see Grace

long time. She didn’t run to the

Caden was a shrewd man. Before he left, he asked Ladd to guard at the door.

a prisoner! You

don’t make things difficult for me. Please be quiet. Madam is

was speaking, the crazy woman suddenly shouted, “Smoke! Smoke!”

thought that she had come up with another idea. He became impatient and shouted with a sullen face.

“Look! Smoke!”

and looked at the door… Smoke was

and took out the key to open the door. “Madam!

he