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.

Zacharias sighed softly, James remained silent, allowing the room to hang in a heavy stillness. After a while, the former looked up and asked,

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

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name. James shook his head. “There’s nothing we can do. She’s probably in training now. I’ll try again at noon.”

I can leave

as possible and then avoid Scarlet and take Fanny to

change, especially with his recent health issues,

hide any discomfort from Fang Honglan. While his condition hadn’t seen much

his inquiry directly, James threw him off guard with a sudden question.

a sense of clarity. He couldn’t prevent him from acting, so he needed to

and was unsure of how

didn’t really want to lie to James directly.

smile and said. “James, aren’t you aware of the results from the compatibility test? It didn’t yield a match.

likely informed James of the test results, he likely withheld this information from the latter.

you understand.” James nodded and gently

continued to plead. James. I can’t stand being cooped up in this hospital anymore. I want to get discharged and wander around Northland. Since I arrived in this town. I

took a moment

persisted, “Please, James, help me convince

when Zacharias thought he

Zacharias‘ sickly face, and it

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and reassurance. “Thanks, James. I’ll make sure

resignation. “I’ll talk to Mom about it, but I

might stubbornly

might still be pondering the kidney donation, perhaps convincing Scarlet to agree and then addressing the matter head–on would be more

just made the same

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

Mom. I’ll handle

James expressed doubt about his ability to sway Scarlet, Zacharias remained

James, the eldest son and heir to the

likely be more

mind, Zacharias expressed gratitude to James once more before stifling a

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

bring up the hospital discharge

but didn’t expose them, simply getting up and saying, “You

he exited the ward, he immediately noticed Scarlet waiting outside.

phone, as if in the