Rebirth Reclaiming Her Self

Chapter 454 Monitoring Scarlet

James looked over at Zacharias, who lay weakly on the hospital bed, his face drained of color and tension etched into his features. “Come on, take a seat,” Zacharias said, managing a weak. smile.

He extended his frail arm from under the blanket and lightly tapped the edge of the bed twice.

Even though there were chairs scattered around the room, Zacharias had a gut feeling that whatever James was about to say might not be easy to hear. So, he decided to show a bit of vulnerability beforehand.

James let out a heavy sigh as he took in the latter’s pallid complexion and the strained smile plastered across his face. Some of his frustration melted away, and he settled himself onto the edge of the bed.

“We’re still on the hunt for a kidney for Fanny,” James said slowly, his gaze locked onto Zacharias‘ face.

He had a hunch about what Zacharias might be thinking and saw this as a chance to probe a bit further.

Zacharias cast his eyes downward. “Thanks. Any updates on the kidney source?”

In truth, he was not optimistic about James‘ and Joseph’s efforts to secure a kidney donor. It seemed akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Nevertheless, they were running out of options.

Which sane person would willingly give up such a vital organ like a kidney? That was why most kidney donors were those who had signed donation agreements before their only to be donated posthumously.

passing.

But even after excluding various circumstances, the number of usable kidneys was actually quite limited.

And to top it off, before Fanny, how many people were already in line, waiting for a chance to get a kidney? They didn’t need to check; they knew it was not a small number.

heavy stillness. After a while, the former looked up and asked, “What should we do about Angela’s not answering your calls?”

where Fanny’s kidney would come from. He was determined to do everything he could for

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hearing Angela’s name. James shook his head. “There’s nothing we can do. She’s probably in

“James, I think I can leave

soon as possible and then avoid Scarlet and take Fanny to another hospital

health issues, he decided not to push the matter further. Despite

While his condition hadn’t seen much improvement, at least he managed to present a better

guard with a sudden question. “Are you considering donating a kidney

a sense of clarity. He couldn’t prevent him from acting,

for words and was unsure of how to

it? He didn’t really want to

for a strained smile and said. “James, aren’t you aware of the results from the compatibility

test results, he likely withheld this information from the

nodded and

didn’t mind the affectionate gesture as Zacharias continued to plead. James. I can’t stand being cooped up in this hospital anymore. I want to get discharged and wander around

took a moment to

James, help me convince

just when Zacharias thought he would reject the idea outright.

Zacharias‘ sickly face,

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make sure to be cautious once

of resignation. “I’ll talk to Mom about it, but I can’t promise she’ll agree.”

Zacharias‘ health in such a fragile state, Scarlet might stubbornly insist on keeping him. in

kidney donation, perhaps convincing Scarlet to agree and then

the same choice as other members of

on the kidney donation surprisingly align with Zacharias! That is, compared to Fanny, Zacharias was

in persuading Mom. I’ll handle discussing the hospital discharge with her,” Zacharias

James expressed doubt about his ability to sway Scarlet, Zacharias remained confident in his own persuasion

Scarlet’s love for her sons was uniform, her treatment of James, the eldest son and heir to the Kins Family, differed slightly from

more open

thoughts in mind, Zacharias expressed gratitude to James once

if James lingered in his ward, he might delve into other topics and forget

bring up the hospital discharge with Scarlet,

intentions but didn’t expose them, simply getting up and saying, “You look tired.

the ward, he immediately

as if in the midst