And without a donor, even my life would be taken from me.

My feelings for Norma had been my undoing.

Tears fell before I could stop them. Penelope saw them, and her fists clenched.

"Duane, I know everything that happened. I'm going to make that monster Norma pay!"

I shook my head.

"She'll never admit to it."

And even if she did, what then?

Could she give me back a healthy kidney? Could she return the three years I'd lost?

No. I wanted her to lose what she cared about most. I wanted her to live in agony, every single day.