Angeline said with a heartache, "Your instincts were right, Josephine. You were gravely injured back then. Not only were you assaulted, but that person also harvested your kidney.”
Josephine's eyes widened in horror as she muttered, "I f that’s the case... Whose kidney is in my body right now?”
Angeline's eyes turned moist as a sorrowful expression emerged on her face. "It's Zayne’s.”
Josephine's gorgeous phoenix pupils turned pink instantly as huge teardrops welled up in her eyes before they eventually streamed down her face.
She did not want to cry because she did not want to break Sis Angeline’s heart. If she saw her in her most wretched state, her condition could deteriorate.
She then stuffed her fist in her mouth to stop herself from crying aloud.
Angeline, however, was a transparent and direct person. She reached out, her hand gradually making its way to Josephine's trembling shoulder. She said thoughtfully, "Cry if you want to, Josie.”
With that, Josephine flumped onto Angeline's knees and cried her heart out.
"Why didn't he tell me, Sis Angeline? For so many years I've blamed and hated him. I hated him for being so insensitive, for turning a blind eye to my love even when I loved him so much... He even married another person just to break my heart."
Angeline explained, saying, "Josie, you have Zayne’s kidney, but Zayne has Sis Shirley's kidney. Zayne first gave up on you because he thought he would not be able to live much longer. When Zayne later learned that his body no longer rejected the transplanted kidney, he reunited with Sis Shirley by mistake. At that time, Sis Shirley was terminally ill and had nowhere to go, so Zayne married Sis Shirley to thank her for her saving grace and to fulfill her wish of having a home of her own."
Josephine said dazedly, "I've misunderstood him all along. He concealed his love so deeply. What a silly man. Why didn’t he accept my love after he gave me his kidney so that I can take care of him?
"I owe him my life yet I wasn't even aware of it."
Angeline patted Josephine on the back softly. "Don’t cry, Josie. It's all over now. Both you star-crossed lovers will finally see the rainbow."
Josephine, however, looked at Angeline in despair. " It's over between us, Sis Angeline. He has Shirley now. If Shirley treated him just a tad worse, then perhaps I might spare no effort to snatch him back. But Shirley i s such a virtuous girl. Even though she's terminally ill, she still manages to take care of Zayne so
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