Spare My Heart
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When Mary read the report, her eyes practically glowed.
She immediately instructed her secretary to schedule the surgery.
She turned to David and said, "Stan will have a new heart in a week."
David asked, "And the girl?"
Mary glanced at him but didn't speak.
A week later, I'd be dead.
Back in my room, I locked the door and pulled my journal out of the pillowcase.
On the newest page, I started writing.
[Fletcher family's plan: Heart extraction surgery in one week. Heart to be transplanted into Stanley. After the surgery, I will die unexpectedly. The most likely cause is either cardiac arrest or anesthesia complications.]