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.

silent, allowing the room to hang in a heavy stillness. After a while, the former looked up

of where Fanny’s kidney would come from. He

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head. “There’s nothing we can do. She’s probably in training now. I’ll try again

leave the hospital. Can you

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

mentioned the idea of being discharged to Scarlet,but she flatly refused. Knowing her stance wouldn’t change, especially with his recent health

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

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

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

and was

didn’t really want to

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

the test results, he likely withheld this information

you understand.” James nodded and gently patted the

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 Northland. Since I

a moment to absorb

“Please, James, help me convince

thought he would reject the idea

brief flicker of surprise crossed Zacharias‘ sickly face, and it was swiftly

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“Thanks, James. I’ll make sure to be cautious once

to Mom about it, but I can’t promise she’ll

stubbornly insist on keeping him. in the

perhaps convincing Scarlet to

his Fanny. He just made the same choice as other members of the

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

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

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

Scarlet’s love for her sons was uniform, her treatment of James, the eldest son

be more open to James‘ influence.

in mind, Zacharias expressed gratitude to James once more before

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

should still remember to bring up the hospital discharge with

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

ward, he immediately noticed Scarlet waiting outside.

her phone, as if in the midst of a call, though she remained