"Emily, how are you feeling?" In the hospital room, both Alex and James leaned in the moment she opened her eyes.
"Where... am I?" Emily mumbled, a bit disoriented, trying to get her bearings.
"You're in the hospital. You passed out," Alex explained hurriedly, his voice tight with worry. "Emily, listen to me, the doctors say you've got kidney failure. But don't freak out—we've already done the matching tests. Once the results are back, we'll get started on the transplant. You're gonna be fine, I promise!"
"I have kidney failure?" Emily froze. Everything about it felt unreal. She hadn't even been sick all year.
Those fainting spells at work… they weren't just from overworking, were they?
"Even if neither of us is a match," James said, voice firm and eyes dark, "I'll search
