All Chapters of Dad's Kidney Stolen: I'll Make Them Pay: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The operating room doors had barely closed when my aunt, Ellen Hammond, rushed over with my cousin, Hazel Irwin.Aunt Ellen grabbed my collar, spittle flying into my face. "Stefan Hammond, have you lost your mind? If anything happens to your uncle, I'll bring your whole family down!"I pried her hand off and brushed the nonexistent dust from my collar. "Aunt Ellen, watch what you say. My dad is still lying in the room next door. He'd be heartbroken if he heard you cursing him like that."Aunt Ellen's face flushed red instantly. "Cut the crap! Go tell the doctor to switch the anesthesia plan back right now!"I held out my hands with an innocent look. "It's too late. The anesthesiologist is already in there. Besides, why should I change it? That kidney was supposed to be transplanted into my dad in the first place. How could you people steal what belongs to someone else and act like you're in the right?"She got so furious that she raised her hand to hit me. "You!"A nurse hurried

Chapter 2

Once it was proven that the kidney had originally been allocated to Dad, Aunt Ellen started playing dirty. "My husband is already in the operating room anyway! What are you going to do about it? If you've got the guts, go in there and drag him out yourselves!"The police officer was visibly irritated by her shameless attitude and sternly warned her to watch herself.Just then, Hazel stormed into the room. She pointed straight at me and yelled. "Stefan, you ungrateful jerk! My dad has always treated you well! Are you going to let him die now for the sake of a dying old man?"I stared at her and asked word by word, "My dad is dying. Are you really that happy about it?"Hazel choked on her words for a moment, then lifted her chin stubbornly and shouted, "I'm only telling the truth! Your dad's illness has been a money pit, dragging you down for years. Now you finally get to be free. You should be thanking us!"It was truly unbelievable that my own relatives could behave this way. Dad

Chapter 3

On the other end of the line was my friend, Toby Randall, who worked as an investigative reporter for a local newspaper.After I hung up, the entire office went dead silent. My grandparents' curses and Aunt Ellen's threats were all cut short.Toby worked fast. In less than 30 minutes, he arrived at the hospital with his equipment.The moment Aunt Ellen and her family saw the camera, they panicked. Grandma tried to grab the camera, but the assistant Toby brought along stopped her right away."Everyone, we're from a legitimate news outlet. Please cooperate with the investigation," Toby said.Aunt Ellen still tried to hold her ground. She pointed at me and yelled, "Don't listen to his nonsense! He's out of his mind! He's the one trying to hurt my husband!"Toby held the microphone out to me and asked, "Mr. Hammond, can you walk us through what happened?"I presented all the evidence, including Dad's medical records, the waitlist history, and a recording I had secretly made in the o

Chapter 4

The hospital security guards reacted quickly and restrained Aunt Ellen before she could reach me. She kept struggling wildly, but I paid no attention to her screaming.I looked at her and said calmly, "Aunt Ellen, you've got it wrong. The person whose treatment I waived was my dad. After all, the man lying on that operating table is using my dad's transplant slot, and in a legal sense, that makes him my dad."As for your husband… Who is he to me? Why would I spend money saving someone who took my dad's life-saving kidney?"Every word hit hard. Aunt Ellen broke down completely. Unable to break free from the guards, she could only curse me with the most vicious insults she could think of.Grandpa and Grandma sank to the floor, pointing at me, too furious to speak.The murmuring around us grew louder."That guy is ruthless!""Ruthless? This is giving them a taste of their own medicine! That family had it coming!""Exactly! They should have thought about the consequences before tak

Chapter 5

Hazel's expression froze.I leaned close to her ear and spoke in a voice only we could hear. "Didn't you say my dad was a money pit that dragged me down for years? Well, now it's your dad's turn. Enjoy it. This bottomless pit will be deep enough to bankrupt your family and ruin you forever."Hazel shivered violently. Her lips shook, but she couldn't say a single word.I patted her cheek. "Go back and tell your mom to stop wasting her time. Whether she hires a lawyer or pulls strings, none of it will work."As long as I don't give in, your dad will have to sit there and wait for the kidney to rot inside his body. He'll suffer more and more every single day until he dies. Oh, and tell your mom that I'll stop by your dad's room every day to share that good news with him."Hazel scrambled out of the room. Watching her flee in a panic, I felt nothing but cold numbness.…That afternoon, the hospital's lawyer came to see me. He told me that Aunt Ellen and her family had officially fil

Chapter 6

Aunt Ellen suddenly looked up, a flash of hope in her eyes. "What kind of thing? How much money?"I held up one finger."One million dollars?" she asked cautiously.I shook my head."Then… What is it?" she said.I smiled faintly and said, "A kidney."Aunt Ellen and everyone around us froze."What did you say?" she asked."I said the price for saving your husband's life is one kidney from either you or Hazel," I replied.I looked at Aunt Ellen and Hazel, my smile widening. "Don't you both love him so much? Now's the time to prove your love and family bonds."The room fell dead silent. Everyone stared at me as if I were a monster.Aunt Ellen's lips trembled for a long moment before she finally forced out a sentence. "Y-You're out of your mind!"I dropped the smile, my expression hardening. "I'm not out of my mind. My dad waited three years for a chance to survive, but you destroyed that chance without a second thought, just for your own benefit. I'm only letting you experienc

Chapter 7

On the day Uncle Spencer was discharged from the hospital, the sky was overcast.After completing the paperwork, Aunt Ellen and her family left the hospital looking utterly defeated. None of them looked at me a single time. I knew they hated me for destroying everything they had, but I didn't care.Not long after they left, I got a call from Dr. Harding. He said, "Stefan, I have good news for you. The organ donation center just informed us that a new kidney has been matched to your dad, and it's a perfect match!"My grip on the phone tightened instantly, and I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't speak for a long moment. "Dr. Harding… is that… really true?""Absolutely true! Come in and get the paperwork done right away. We'll arrange the surgery as soon as possible!" he said.After hanging up, I rushed to Dad's bedside, grabbed his hand, and burst into tears. "Dad, did you hear that? You're going to be okay! You're going to be okay!"I practically sprinted to Dr. Harding's office.

Chapter 8

When I walked out of Dr. Harding's office, I felt like I had been on an emotional roller coaster. The excitement and pressure left me completely overwhelmed for a moment.I listed my small apartment, the only property I owned, on the cheapest real estate website, pricing it well below market value for a quick sale. Then I went through my phone contacts and started calling every friend, coworker, and even classmates I hadn't spoken to in years who might lend me money.I made call after call, but the results were disappointing. Some people hung up right away, while others turned me down politely. Still, everyone had their own struggles, and I understood that.After an entire afternoon, I managed to scrape together less than 30 thousand dollars. Even with Aunt Ellen's earlier compensation payment, I was still nowhere near the 500-thousand-dollar target.…At midnight, I sat alone on a bench in the hospital hallway, staring at the handful of viewing inquiries from the real estate agen

Chapter 9

Just like that, Dad's surgery costs had been fully covered. Standing at the hospital payment window and staring at the receipt confirming that the payment had gone through, I felt like I was dreaming.Not only were Dad's surgery costs fully covered, but there was even extra money left in the donation account, enough to cover his rehabilitation and nutritional needs going forward.I carefully recorded the source and amount of every single donation in a notebook. I would carry that gratitude with me for the rest of my life.The surgery proceeded as scheduled.I stood outside the operating room again, but my state of mind was completely different from the last time. Before, my heart had been filled with cold hatred and a desire for revenge, but this time, it was filled only with hope and prayer.My palms were slick with sweat from nervousness, and I paced the hallway nonstop. Every passing second felt like torture to me.Time crept by. Five hours later, the operating room light fina

Chapter 10

There was no anger or blame in Dad's voice, only endless heartache. He reached out his frail hand, trembling as he caressed my cheek, and his tears welled up once again."I'm sorry," he said. "I was so useless. I let you suffer so much and left you to face all of that alone."I couldn't hold it together anymore and buried my face in his palm, sobbing uncontrollably. "I'm not suffering, Dad. As long as you're okay, everything I did was worth it."At that moment, all the hatred and scheming vanished into thin air. I was no longer someone obsessed with revenge; I was just a child terrified of losing his dad.As long as Dad was still here, everything I had done had been worth it.…Dad's condition improved day by day.With the support of the donations, we got the best anti-rejection medication and hired the most experienced caregiver. Color gradually returned to Dad's face, and he was even able to get out of bed and take a few steps with my help.We never brought up Aunt Ellen and

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