Blane needed a new liver. There was no way around it. Even Jill couldn’t make his liver better. Because Blane had a unique blood subtype and no known relatives, Heather had felt really hopeless. Every day that passed, Blane’s liver fell apart a little more. He was starting to show the signs. Of course, as soon as Enrique had stopped drinking, the jerk started getting better. And her Blane was getting sicker. She refused to focus on negative unfairness. Instead, she poured her energy into finding a donor for Blane.
Not sure what to do, she’d talked to Jacob. Jacob, in turn, insisted on paying for a woman to come to the Castle to collect DNA from anyone willing to be a live donor. If someone matched, they might be able to donate a small portion of their liver.
Someone had to be a match.
Everyone wanted to help. Every adult who lived at the Castle and all of MJ’s military team had volunteered to be tested. Bambi, Honey’s boss, let it leak to the sites that they were looking for a donor, and a long line of men and women showed up to be tested. The DNA lady had collected thousands of samples.
“I’m going to check to see if there’s anyone else,” Heather said.
“Would you mind if I used the restroom before I go?” the DNA woman asked.
“Oh sure,” Heather said. “Do you know where it is?”
The woman nodded. Heather watched her walk toward the kitchen and went out the side door to the Castle driveway.
Katy ran through the living room and hid behind an overstuffed chair. Paddie skipped into the room looking for her.
“Boo!” Katy said.
Paddie squealed with joy. The two best friends laughed.
“What’s this?” Katy ran over to the DNA samples.
“I don’t know. My Daddy did this and Auntie Alex too,” Paddie said. “They said it was important.”
“Did you do it?”
“Nope,” Paddie said.
“How come?” Katy asked.
Paddie gave an exaggerated shrug of his shoulders.
“How do you do it?” Katy asked.
“Like this.” Paddie picked up sterile plastic DNA brush. Holding onto the plastic stick, he brushed the bristles along the inside of his cheek. He pulled it out. ”It kind of hurts.”
“I want to do it!” Katy said.
Katy clapped her hands together. Giggling, he gave Katy his plastic DNA collector.
“You have to scrub but not too hard.” Paddie repeated what the DNA lady had said to his father and his Aunt.
“Do you think it matters if we were barfy?” Katy asked.
“Nope,” Paddie said. “Daddy was barfy today too. The lady said it didn’t matter.”
Katy took the implement and scrubbed it along the inside of her cheek.
“Now what?” Katy asked.
“You put it in one of those things and write your name on it,” Paddie said.
Katy took the Sharpie pen from him.
“I’ll write our names, Paddie Hargreaves,” Katy said. “Your handwriting isn’t so good.”
“It will be when I’m four!” Paddie said.
“But you’re not four yet,” Katy giggled.
He nodded sincerely and gave her a tube. She put his implement inside the tube. Using her best handwriting she wrote his name on the tube. She wrote her name with her tube.
“What do we do with them?” Katy asked.
“They go over here,” Paddie said.
He pointed to the thousands of samples. Katy stuck the sample in an empty hole near the middle of the container. Katy began spinning in circles and Paddie spun in circles with her. They spun into the middle of the room.
“What are you two up to?” Valerie asked.
“We were waiting for brownie time!” Katy said. “Is it brownie time yet?”
“Brownie time!” Paddie jumped up and down.
The DNA collector smiled at Paddie and Katy as she walked passed them. She picked up her samples and Heather came in the side door. The two women spoke for a moment.
“You’re absolutely right,” Valerie said.
“We’ll be in touch soon,” the DNA lady called as she left the Castle.
“It is brownie time!” Valerie said.
“Brownie time!” Heather said. “May I join you?”
“Yes,” Katy and Paddie said at the same time. They almost fell over giggling.
Valerie held out her hands for the children. They took her hands and went into the kitchen. Heather stood and stared at the space where the DNA collector had been.
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