Jason’s expression had an unfathomable struggle written across it.
“Selena and my parents went behind my back and set a surgery date for this weekend. She’s giving me one of her own kidneys. I heard it from the doctor and scolded Selena for hiding this from me, even with my own parents. I don’t want Selena to donate a kidney for me. I don’t want it…”
He repeated several times and Georgia understood.
Selena was planning on donating her kidney, but as her big brother, Jason didn’t want her to.
Jason spoke up again.
“You are siblings. Why would you refuse her kidney? Isn’t it normal for brother and sister to help each other?”
Jason knew privately that Selena was being so selfless because she loved her brother. That was why she had no regrets.
As someone who knew that much, he wanted to persuade Jasper to take the donation, or Selena would be upset about it.
He understood how much guilt Selena felt towards the Holland family. She wanted to repay them for raising her with her own kidney.
“Selena is my little sister. I know that a person can survive healthily after donating a single kidney, but I don’t want her to suffer. There’s been news on the black market. I don’t want to put Selena through such a thing.”
Jasper was also looking at it from a brother’s perspective. He didn’t want his own sister to have to struggle through physical problems when she got on in years and her kidney started acting up. Two kidneys were always better than one. Jasper didn’t want Selena to sacrifice her own body.
That was why emotions were tense between brother and sister. Both Georgia and Robert understood, but the two didn’t know how to persuade them.
Both siblings seemed to have the right view of things, so might as well not butt in.
Robert changed the subject entirely.
“Didn’t you say you were starving to death waiting for us for so long? Let’s go out and eat. You’re probably going insane cooped up in hospital.”
Jasper smiled and nodded, his mood seemingly improving significantly.
They took Jasper out of the hospital and drove straight to M Garden, a restaurant under Georgia.
Naturally, Georgia had her own compartment at any time. As the owner, it was also the biggest compartment.
As the group sat, M Garden’s boss came over to greet them personally and took their orders before leaving.
After that, Jasper turned to Robert curiously.
“Jason didn’t explain things clearly over the phone. Why are you going for a full body checkup, Robert? You didn’t fall ill out of nowhere like me, did you?”
At that, Georgia and Jason’s faces both changed. Robert himself, though, was calm.
“I didn’t jinx you, right? Can’t be, you fell into bad luck along with me, then?”
Jasper looked at Robert, itching to know what had happened.
Georgia briefly explained Robert’s experience of being experimented on in human lab.
“We don’t know if it’s serious or not, so we have to go for a full body check and see if there’s any issues. I hope the report come up with no problems.”
Georgia prayed for such a result, but she was really uneasy.
Sometimes, she hated her instinct. Right now, her instincts were telling her that the results of the checkup wouldn’t be good.
Jasper spoke pityingly towards Robert.
“I can’t believe it. You too. Look at me. Not even thirty yet, no children, no wife, and I’m almost dead. Thankfully, in the 21st Century, this sort of disease is salvageable. If it had been in ancient times, I’d be waiting to die, and no matter how much money I have, it’s useless… this sickness has taught me to cherish those close to you and not treat life some game. From now on, I should just wise up and marry a wife. Best if she loves me, and then I can stay at home with my wife and children, living like my Mom and Dad. Might be nice too.”
Jasper’s positivity had Robert smiling too.
“Looks like my luck’s a bit better than yours, though. I’m almost thirty now, and I have a wife and children. Even if something happens with my body, I can die with no regrets.”
That had been a teasing remark towards Jasper, but Georgia’s face sank as she pinched Robert’s arm.
“What kind of talk is that? Can’t you read the room?”
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