NovelEnglish“I've got Ryan transferred to Elysium Hospital, the country's top medical facility. "If you don't get tested for a match, | won't let you off the hook," Quentin warned, "This feud isn't ending anytsoon." "Seriously? Do you think you can threaten me? | don’t give it a shit," Marianne scoffed, "With all the people in your clan, not one of you can give him a kidney? Or are you all too chicken to give out one kidney?" "Look, Laverne, your grandparents, aunts, and | have all got tested. No match," Quentin replied, his frustration evident.
"What about Laverne's side of the family? Checked them yet?" Marianne prodded.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA muscle twitched in Quentin's cheek. Laverne's parents had six girls before their precious son calong. They wouldn't dream of letting their golden boy donate a kidney.
"Everyone's got tested. No luck." "Stop lying to me. | bet Laverne’s darling brother hasn't done the test. His whole family leeches off the Clark fortune. When it's tto step up, he chickens out? You're wasting your there. Start convincing your dear brother-in-law because I'm out. I'd sooner see Ryan and Laverne go to hell!" Marianne spat before storming into her RV and slamming the door shut.
Quentin cursed outside, "You ungrateful wretch, we should've nipped you in the bud..." Inside the RV, Avery and Leah were waiting to have lunch with her. Through the windows, they had seen the heated exchange.
"Here's your lunch, Marianne. Your deadbeat dad showed up at the studio, huh? He's not trying to strong-arm you into donating a kidney, is he?" Leah asked, passing her a fork.
"He wishes. Not even if pigs fly and the world ends. No way am | giving Ryan a kidney," Marianne declared with ironclad certainty. She was no pushover.
"We've got your back," Avery interrupted. "How could he ask for a kidney from a living person? Unreal." Leah nodded vigorously. "The success rate for transplant surgery is only fifty percent. If it fails, not only could your brother die, but it could screw you over for life." Marianne snorted. "In their eyes, daughters are expendable. Sons are the prized possessions. They'd harvest both my kidneys for Ryan if they could." "That's outrageous," Leah fumed. Coming from the Heninger family, where there were more boys than girls, she was the cherished darling.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter lunch, Avery retreated to the bedroom to rest while Leah, who didn't nap, lounged on the sofa playing a mobile game.
"Playing Escapee, huh? Wanna team up?" Marianne glanced at Leah's screen.
"Sure. Let's go for a Pursuit round," Leah agreed, choosing her Spy character as Marianne picked the Inventor.
They made quick work of the opposition and were quite in sync.
"We're quite the dynamic duo." Marianne smiled.
Leah shrugged. "It's all good until you get stuck with a newbie. They drag you down faster than a lead balloon." Marianne laughed, then lowered her voice. "So, Leah, you've worked for Avery before he was famous. You guys must be close?" Leah shot her a sharp look. "You're not fishing for gossip about Avery, are you?" Marianne shook her head vigorously., "No way. I'm just curious. Sometimes, you two seem like a couple." "Avery's like a brother to me, and that's all there is to it," Leah said casually. "Don't get any ideas about him.
He's sworn off dating until he's thirty, so don't you go getting any funny thoughts." Marianne raised an eyebrow. "Love's all about chemistry. It hits you out of the blue, unstoppable. What if he falls for someone? Will he give that up, too?"
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