When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 992

Chapter 992

After a short pause, she continued by saying, “When she died, her face was disfigured, her body wascovered with blood. My father told me it was an accident, and I have always persuaded myself tobelieve in his words. However, that girl is deeply rooted in my memory. I lived every passing day,tortured by the feeling of guilt and agony.”

Tears rolled down from the corner of her eyes as she pleaded, “Don’t make the same mistake again.Don’t sacrifice that kid.”

I fell into silence. No wonder she became emotional when she saw Amy.

Just then, Cameron called. “My dear, where are you? The kid has done with the check-up. She is nowcrying and asking for you.” For some reason, she sounded cheerful over the phone.

I uttered a response and ended the call. Gazing at Hailey, I uttered, “This is not a major surgery, and itwon’t risk the kid’s life. I only wanted to save my daughter. If I had a choice, I wouldn’t let the kid gothrough this.”

Hailey was choking up while crying helplessly. I pressed the call button and let the nurses take care ofher before leaving the ward.

Outside the ER, Amy was done with her check-up. With her eyes reddened, she pointed at her pelvicarea. “Ms. Stovall, it hurts!”

The doctor didn’t perform a bone marrow biopsy. Instead, he only collected blood samples to test thecompatibility of Amy’s bone marrow with Summer’s. Hugging the little girl, I comforted her, “That musthurt a lot. I’ll buy you snacks later.”

Cameron shifted her gaze back and forth between us. “Summer has been transferred to the ward. Youshould go and check on her now.”

I nodded and then followed her to the ward. The doctor was communicating with Zachary whileSummer was lying on the bed, still under the effect of anesthesia.

As the doctor left the ward, I quickly went after him. “Doctor, I want to know more information about thebone marrow and kidney transplant surgery. Will that have any negative effects on the donor?”

The doctor nodded. “Well, the extraction of bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells won’t causemajor harm to the human body though it could be painful. As for kidney donation, that will definitelycause some side effects to the donor. It is just like our fingers. If you lose one of them, it won’t lead todeath, but it will definitely cause a loss of functional hand movements.”

My face turned pale at his words. “If a kid donates her kidney, will that have any impact on her health?”

The doctor nodded. “Of course. Well, it won’t cause death, but debility is inevitable.”

I didn’t ask further questions since the doctor had cleared my doubts.

In the ward, Amy was sitting by the bed, looking curiously at Summer. Upon seeing me, Cameronasked, “What’s wrong?”

Zachary knew about my worries. He took a glance at Amy as he said to me, “I have considered all thepossible risks of the surgery. The possibility of death is little to none. Scarlett, you know how hard it isto replace a matching donor. We will take good care of that kid after the surgery.”

I knew Zachary was right.

I was glad that we wouldn’t have to risk Amy’s life. Still, I couldn’t help feeling guilty for harming aninnocent kid to save my own daughter.

Since Summer had just finished her chemotherapy while Amy’s test result was not out yet, we couldonly wait in the hospital. Meanwhile, I had Boris bring Amy with him so that the latter need not stay inthe hospital.

When I went to check on Hailey, the effect of anesthesia had worn off. Her face still looked pale, yetshe was visibly relieved after I told her of both Summer and Amy’s conditions. “It’s great that you don’tneed to risk the kid’s life. However, even if the transplant is successful, cancer recurrence might occurduring the five-year postoperative observation period. If that happens, your daughter will need toreceive a second transplant surgery. So, what are you going to do with that kid?”

I mulled over her words for some time. Soon after, I spoke up, “Her parents are treating her like theirmoney tree. If I send her back to her parents, I’m afraid they will force her to marry a random guy for adowry when she grows up. Actually, my parents wished to adopt her. She can go to school withSummer and live at the Moore Residence. She can decide her own future and live the life she wants.”

My words brought a smile onto Hailey’s face. “If she gets adopted by the Moore family, she willdefinitely have a brighter future than growing up in that village. That way, you can repay her byproviding her a better life. Well, I bet she couldn’t ask for more.”

Well, that is the best way we could think of. I sighed. Yet, we still needed to wait until Amy’s test resultscame out. After the surgery, I would bring Amy back to the village and let her cut ties with her terribleparents. After that, she could start her new life in the Moore family.

Hailey brought her hand to her chest. In a sorrowful tone, she murmured, “If only I could also choose atthat time.”