It was fine.Everything would be fine.All I had to do was close my eyes, and when I opened them, it’d all be over.And yet.My fingers curled over the cool metal of the hospital bed as I tried to control my breathing.“Behave,” I whispered, admonishing myself.These people were not killing me.This wasn’t some grand conspiracy to take all my organs and abandon my empty corpse.No, I had volunteered for this surgery.I’d stepped forward, choosing to give Maggie part of my liver and one of my kidneys. And yet—The movement of the bed as they wheeled me into the theater, the blending voices of the medics as they conversed over each other.The bright lights shining on me above all took me back to that day.My past life and how everything had shattered.“Hey, hey.” Delilah’s warm voice suddenly crashed me back to the present.I gasped, gulping in air greedily as I held on to her hand.Her eyes watched me with concern and something akin to fear.“You don’t have to do this, Amber.” She whis
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