prologue

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It was a really bright evening so bright that you could see the pain a seventeen year old boy was going through. He was in the hospital thinking of how his life would end, how he would leave everyone, his friends especially Frederick, his best friend who had a scholarship in Dervens field high school, one of the best schools in spring field and his girlfriend, Gwendoline, who had given him one of her kidneys, the one that just got destroyed. She had always been by him but he didn't think that was possible now since he was going to die. He was born with a kidney function of 45% which was truly too low for a child. he had had so many kidney transplant this would probably be the third,the one he was ninety-seven percent sure that he wasn't going to survive since he hasn't found someone to give him one. He lay on the bed sad and stressed out, begging God for mercy. He didn't want to die . He had not fully enjoyed his parents money though that was the least thing he thought of in the kind of situation he was stuck in . He couldn't imagine how his mother would feel when he dies. He was the only child of his mother and the one she could ever have. Her womb had been destroyed due to her past life. Tears flowed down his face. He didn't even know who to pity . Himself or his mother. Well, himself of course , he was just seventeen and was already suffering from kidney failure.
He looked at the gifts and get well wishes his friends and family had sent him, knowing fully well that with a function of ten percent, he won't be able to read them.
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Fred had received a call from Gwen about Henry's condition. He decided to come back to Texas to lend Henry  one of his
kidney thereby, ignoring the scholarship though there was a problem , his parents would never agree to that. They were poor and didn't like anything about the Kierans. He wrote a letter to the principal telling him why he didn't need the scholarship anymore then called his mother. She disagreed to all he said telling him that the scholarship was more important to her than Henry's life . Fred as always, disobeyed her and got back to Houston three days after.
He got to the hospital and saw the terrible condition his best friend since he was four,was going through. He made arrangements with the doctor and Henry's parents on the kidney transplant.
The next day after the kidney transplant the doctor came to meet Henry's parents.
" How....was it?", Kaylee asked in fear.
"He's..... he's..."he sat on the bed and bowed in shame."I ...I ...I ...tried my best ...bu..."
Kaylee didn't bother to hear his remaining words she burst into tears. " He's the ... he's the...only thing we share, Norman. The only...son I can ever have"
Norman hugged her in pity.
" I tried my best but" he continued" my best just seems "
He rose his face and smiled" to be the best . he's alive , they're both alive ".
"Um ...u..mean...o my God"she jumped " um I'm gonna " she ran over to Fred thanked him and later, to her son who still looked weak on the hospital bed.she hugged him and promised him the world if he would smile and call her mom he did as she said and that made her really happy.

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