Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan) novel Chapter 163

Martha was stunned.
Rupert looked even sadder. He said to her gently as he looked at her, "The DNA sequence of everyone's bone marrow varies. Maybe a stranger's bone marrow can also be a match for Jimmy."
However, the likelihood was low.
He did not say it, but Martha knew how low the odds were.
She shook her head with a wry smile, and her eyes grew misty with tears.
"You lied to me. We are Jimmy's biological parents. Yet neither of us is a match... Could a stranger be a match? It's a one in ten million chance."
"Even if I can afford to wait for a match, Jimmy doesn't have time."
At last, Martha leaned against the wall with red eyes.
There were so many people in the world. Where could that match be?
At this moment, Martha felt her world collapse and her life full of endless despair.
Rupert felt really bad to see her like that.
She looked exactly the same as she did when she failed to be Jimmy's match.
Stefan had been her last ray of hope for several years.
Now, even that last ray of hope was gone.
No one could take such a blow, let alone Martha, who had gone through the same thing once.
Rupert gently took her into his arms, "Martha, don't be so pessimistic. We can't give up."
"I... could not save my son."
Martha closed her eyes, and as she murmured, the tears rolled down her face.
She looked in despair somewhere in the hospital corridor, her eyes losing focus.
Stefan was heartbroken to see her in such despair.
It seemed a silent reproach.
She reproached him for his being unable to help.
Ever since he knew that Jimmy was his son, he had wanted to make it up to them for the rest of his life.
But he could not even do that.
He hated himself for what he had done to Martha, for the hurt he had done to her, and for making Jimmy sick.
For four years he had not assumed the duties of a father, and now he could only watch as his son's life faded away.
It was a long time before his hoarse voice was heard in the exam room.
"I'm sorry."
The woman in Rupert's arms turned a deaf ear, her dry lips parted, and her low voice came.
"Rupert, do you remember when Jimmy first spoke?"
"He happily called me 'Mommy'. He was only three months old then."
"I always thought that he was a gift to me from God, the only hope of my life... But why did God take him away now? Did I do something wrong?"
Rupert shook his head, his hand on Martha's shoulder, and he looked into her eyes.
"It's not your fault. Do not overthink it. We can't give up on him until the last minute."
Martha looked even sadder. Was this not the last minute already?
The room fell silent for a moment. Stefan looked down, remembered something, and opened his mouth to break the silence.
"There is another way."
Bone marrow transplant was only one way. Umbilical cord blood treatment was another way to save Jimmy's life.
He did not want to miss any opportunity to save Jimmy.
Even if it was slim, he wanted to have a try.
"We can have another child, and the umbilical cord blood of the newborn baby can save Jimmy's life."
Stefan looked grave, and he knew that Martha hated him and wanted nothing to do with him.
But they had no other option.
He did not mean to use this as a way to get her back. He just wanted to save Jimmy.
Martha looked at Stefan with a wry smile and made no reply.
Seeing this, Stefan frowned and thought she was unwilling. He was about to speak again when Rupert interrupted him.
"Jimmy doesn't have that much time..."
It was the sad truth.