12. GOODBYE

Amber dressed for work the following morning with the determination to turn down the offer and submit her already written resignation letter. She could not get over the guilt of having to deceive many people just because someone told her to, in return for fame and filling her pocket.

She escorted her mother back to the hospital where she stopped to have a word with her doctor about her current situation.

“I think we will be able to see a donor faster than we expected because some of the patients pulled out of the treatment list. They didn’t have money for the dialysis anymore, and they gave up, so your mother has moved up ten slots on the list”, the doctor informed her, and she didn’t know whether to be happy for her mother or sad for the patients that died or pulled out of the slot.

“So we just have to hold on for a little while, right?” she asked to clarify.

“Yes, all you have to do is hold on for a little while, and I am sure a miracle will happen sooner” the doctor assured her,