My mother's bloodshot eyes were locked onto that lab report, unblinking."Impossible! How could Alice be type O? Your hospital made a mistake—it has to be a mistake!"She shrieked like a madwoman, grabbing the doctor's white coat, her nails digging in so hard they nearly broke the skin.The doctor wobbled under her shaking, but still managed to explain, "Mrs. Ballmer, genetics doesn't lie."My father, George, went pale as a sheet in an instant.My mother released the doctor and turned her head, inch by stiff inch, to stare at him.In my dazed state, I thought my father might finally speak up for me. But instead, he waved the doctor away and said to my mother, "You misheard. Alice is type A."My mother's mind had been so fragile all these years that she actually believed him.I let out a bitter laugh, feeling the last of my illusions crumble to dust.Her gaze drifted over to me—to my right eye, now a bloody, ruined mess beyond repair.For the first time in eighteen years, I sa
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