Sarah stopped mid-step.
She turned slowly and fixed her eyes on me.
"What did you just say?"
The doctor's voice trembled.
"He... his condition is extremely dangerous."
The pain was blinding. I was barely conscious, but my fingers still clung to the sheets with everything I had.
"Sarah..."
"Please... save me..."
Sarah's expression shifted, unreadable, wavering between something cold and something I couldn't name.
Then a nurse wheeled Simon in.
His face was ashen, his voice a pitiful whine.
"Sarah, I feel so awful..."
"The doctor said my kidneys are already shutting down. If I don't get the surgery soon, I won't make it through the night..."
In my last life, she hadn't spared me a glance when I was on the brink of death. Now, with my life hanging by a thread once more—
She walked toward Simon.
Sarah's voice was ice.
"He's just a stray we picked up. If he dies, he dies."
"Prep the kidney transplant immediately. Save Simon first."
My whole body shook. She wouldn't even spare my life.
"Sarah Delgado! You'll pay for this!"
The words ripped from my throat, tears and cold sweat streaming down my face.
BOOM—
