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How had I not known that she was sick?
The answer, however, was obvious Because every tiuilt knew no bounds And when I did finally get hiive it a rest, we talked about our buddies Not about Oakley
And not wanting to seem like the love-sick fool that I was—for a woman that I’d never met in my life—I’d refused to ask about her
I pulled the stuffed bunny out of my pocket
It’d gone a lot of places with me
During that blast that had taken ed to hold on to it
Froone to the hospital with o, and they hadn’t tried to take it away fro—then to the hospital in Florida That was followed by the rehab facility in Texas
It went to every single outpatient rehab appointo with me to each subsequent appointment
Now, I’d fashioned it into a keychain and took it everywhere I went
I wasn’t sure why
Honestly, it was dirty, had dried blood on it from numerous occasions—most of it mine—and I was fairly sure it could be a health hazard But it’d gotten h a lot of times
I squeezed the bunny, then stood up and looked through my contacts on my phone
I was on lunch break at work, which meant I had another thirty minutes max before I had to be back on the streets
Before I hit dial on Ford’s phone, though, I paused and decided that I needed to call my doctor first
I should make sure that I was a match
Otherwise, calling hiive his sister a kidney would be just plain stupid
We ured out when Ford and I had been deployed—but I was sure that other things were put into consideration before they said, “Oh, hey Your kidney will do”
Shoving my phone back into my pocket, I unearthed my keys then walked to my police unit
Five minutes later, I was at my doctor’s office
The woman that was at the frontsmiled at me
“You’re back!” she said, standing up and opening the glass ider
“Kind of,” I admitted “That blood that I had drawn the other day Is there any way that I can get them to run it to find out if I’m a match to donate my kidney to someone?”
The woman frowned, then tapped her lip
“Honestly? I have no idea But let o ask,” she whispered