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.

in a heavy stillness. After a while, the former looked up and asked, “What should

wanting James to dwell on the issue of where Fanny’s kidney would

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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

leave the hospital. Can you talk to Mom

as soon as possible and then avoid Scarlet

especially with his recent health

stable and hide any discomfort from Fang Honglan. While his condition hadn’t seen much improvement, at least he managed to present a better

off guard with a sudden question.

He couldn’t prevent him from acting, so he needed to find a way to

words and was unsure of how to respond to James unexpected

deny it? He didn’t really want to lie

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

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

nodded

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

took a moment

“Please, James, help me

a moment, and just when Zacharias thought he

Zacharias‘ sickly face, and

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James. I’ll make sure

sighed with a tinge of resignation. “I’ll talk to Mom about it,

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

the kidney donation, perhaps convincing Scarlet to agree and then addressing the

just made the same choice

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

Mom. I’ll handle discussing the hospital discharge

ability to sway Scarlet, Zacharias remained confident in his own

her sons was uniform, her treatment of James, the eldest son and

likely be more open to

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

James lingered in his ward, he might delve into

James left now, he should still remember to bring up the hospital discharge with Scarlet, shouldn’t

but didn’t expose them, simply getting up and saying, “You look tired. Take a rest. I’ll step out for a bit.”

ward, he immediately noticed Scarlet

if in the midst of a call, though she remained