wed by Sarah's piercing scream

face a mask of fury as he saw Sa

did you do to her?" he roar

, pointing a trembling finger

, the accusation

e going to the hospital." He glare

s was a fractured ulna. Sarah, pale

m the laceration, and her blood type is a little rare. We're running

ression unreadable. "She'll

e. She couldn't donate blood easily. It might expose something she wasn't ready to reveal, some

e needed an excuse, any excuse. "Not unless I'm compensat

t, pulled out a thick wad of cash, and threw it at her feet

red on the steri

she bent down and picked up the

oom. The phlebotomist was cheerful.

a bone marrow donation she'd made years ago, anonymously, when Lia

.. you're deferred from do

e storm brewing outside the doo

tion some years ago. It appears to have been for you, according to the dates and the recipient match i

is face a battleground

do anything for money, to make herself look good." He gestured to the cash sti

w the worst in her. She looked

ice hollow. "I made it up." Le

to the terrified phlebotomist. "She can donate. She just

e doctor, who looked helpless

er arm. She watched her blood f

zy. The room started to

darkness claimed her was Lia

on the bedside table. Plain, just the way Liam used to mak

n't have ordered this for

allway. Liam's, soft, tende

h the crack in the door, she saw Liam g

ng Sarah's hair. The same words, the

art cl

watching. A faint, triumph

enough for Maya to hear. "Please. Stop

urn. He didn'

r, cold, and carried d

s sound. "Sarah, I don't love Maya. I h

his gaze sweeping over May

ing for her

to Sarah, as if Maya