on Fiona's already frayed nerves. She paced back and forth outside the cardiologist's o

genuine, relieved smile that made her heart leap into her throat. Julian had been a few year

warm. "We found one. A heart

Tears sprang to her eyes, blurring his smiling face. This was it. This was the reason for a

d, grabbing his hand. "Tha

ng week, there were forms to sign, and the hospital's finance depa

yes. The statement sounded so foreign coming from her own

, but her eyes lit up when Fiona entered. She told her the news, and Eileen's own eyes filled with te

attered when the

n the last six months, was carrying a cheap-looking fruit basket and wearing a smile that didn't reach her greedy eyes. Crystal, a

viously hea

mative fuss over Eileen. "I heard you married a Montgo

nodded, her

g story about her car breaking down and a leaky roof, her eyes

Brenda," Fiona said, her voice

Married into money for five minutes and

the time or the place." She didn't wa

afford this big, expensive surgery for your grandma," she said, her voice

n hung in the air, u

" Fiona warned,

ooked exhausted. "Brenda, maybe you a

er the room. Fiona saw the worry in her grandmother's

y about. It was them, too. Vultures, circling, drawn

ect her grandmother. And she had to protect th

about post-surgery physical therapy, building a wall of normalcy around them.

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