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Anyway, Facebook was o-to to keep tabs on my boys

Which was how I saw Ford’s latest post

I stared at it and felt my heart constrict

‘Oakley Spurlock Needs a Kidney’ it read

I clicked on the picture that was next to Ford’s nas

On the flyer was a photo of Oakley The one that I’d seen quite a few times when I’d been in the military with Ford The one he used to keep as his lock screen on his phone

Next to that picture was a picture of another s Oakley, only this picture was much different from the other one

This picture, she looked gaunt This picture, her normally vibrant hair was lifeless and in a complicated bun on the top of her head She didn’t have any s around both eyes so deep and dark that it looked like she hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in a very long time, and she was so pale that she looked like she was on the verge of death

But that smile

It still had the power to bring me to my knees

Years ago, when I was deployed with Ford, every tis inside of my chest would clench

That picture, though? Knowing that so with her was like an itch I couldn’t scratch

I wanted to fix it, badly

Then raphs underneath the photo

But, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to read the whole thing without seriously losing my shit—dyslexia was an asshole—I ski it

Years ago, hter contracted an illness that subsequently took her kidneys She started hemodialysis shortly after the doctor explained that her kidneys were no longer properly functioning

We held high hopes that she had the tione The he for her, and if we don’t find her a kidney, she will be taken froives her another two months, max

Please, I beg you, get tested My daughter needs you

Trance Spurlock

I was sure that Trance, Ford’s father, had put a lot more work into the letter that he’d written, and I was pissed atthere was to know about Oakley Spurlock

Hell, if I was being truthful, that had been why I’d gotten Facebook in the first place

I practically needed to hear about Oakley Ford wasn’t very forthco with his posts and pictures, but his sister and faive me the chance to see her

And I was always sure to look through them all