When I Was Four, My Mother Left Me Alone in a Church—Twenty Years Later She Returned Crying, “We Need You”
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Chapter 27 / 34
Chapter 27 - I ASK THE QUESTION
“If I say no, does she die?”
Rebecca did not manipulate me.
“We cannot answer that.”
I closed my eyes.
“Hannah has a serious disease.”
“I know.”
“The transplant team will continue pursuing appropriate treatment and donor options regardless of your decision.”
“So I’m not her only chance.”
“No ethical donor evaluation should be presented to you that way.”
I started crying.
May you like
Not because I wanted an excuse to refuse.
Because someone had finally removed a six-year-old girl’s entire survival from my shoulders.
