Chapter 8
“Are you saying that Zora only had one kidney to begin with?” Simon quavered.
“It seemed like Ms. Zora donated a kidney to someone else in the past,” Healer Petra corrected. “That was why she only had one kidney. But by the time we discovered this, she had already died from the poison.
“So in order not to let her kidney go to waste, we proceeded with the kidney transplant surgery.”
Looking wronged, Healer Petra continued, “None of you bothered to listen to me earlier. All of you left with the other patient. And
since you ordered us not to disturb you, we could only put Ms. Zora in the morgue first.”
It was as if every ounce of strength had been wrung from Simon’s body.
Collapsing to the floor, he muttered, “Zora only had one kidney; yet I still forced her to donate her kidney. It’s all my fault…”
It was then that realization struck him.
He jerked his head up and asked, “Who did she donate her kidney to?”
No one answered him. He quickly summoned his Beta and ordered, “Look into this now! Five years ago, Zora’s father had a
kidney transplant. I want to know who really gave him the kidney!”
By the next morning, his Beta had uncovered everything from back then.
As Simon read through the stack of evidence handed to him, his jaw clenched in fury.
He stroked my cheek gently, his voice choking with emotion.
“I knew it. Zora was always so kind and pure… How could she have done something so cruel? It’s all my fault for believing what
others said and misunderstanding her.
“But don’t worry, Zora. I’ll make this right. I’ll get justice for you–I won’t let Laila get away with this!”
A tempest of emotions swirled in me as I hovered above, watching him.
Five years ago, no one believed I was the one who had donated the kidney to my father. I thought that truth would die with me.
But now, Simon had uncovered it all.
This time, would Mom and Dad still take Laila’s side?
When Simon arrived at Laila’s ward with evidence and witnesses, Mom was feeding her. Dad stood by, his face full of tender
affection.
As soon as he saw Simon barge in with a group of people, he frowned. “Simon, why are you bringing so many people in here?
Laila just had surgery, and she needs to rest. All of you, get out!”
He stepped forward to push them out, but Simon stood firm, eyes locked on him. “Did you forget about your other daughter?”
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My parents froze for a moment, as if they had only just remembered me.
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Dad looked away sheepishly. “What about her? She lost a kidney. She’s much stronger than Laila, so she’ll be fine.”
“Laila’s still weak, so she needs our attention more,” Mom chimed in. “Zora’s more mature now. I’m sure she’ll understand.”
Simon let out a bitter laugh. “No wonder Zora’s life was so miserable. You’re so blatantly biased! You treat Laila like a princess
while treating Zora like a slave. You don’t deserve to be her parents at all!”
Enraged, Mom sprang to her feet and jutted her finger at him. “Biased? You have no idea what Zora did! Five years ago, she nearly
killed her own father and tried to frame her sister!
“After all the vile things she did, we still took her back. We just chose to focus our love on the daughter who actually suffered.
How does that make us unfit as parents?”
But Simon didn’t back down. “And how are you so sure Zora was lying?” he asked, enunciating each word as he stared right into
her eyes. “Did you ever bother to check the truth?”
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