"Of course!" Sam nodded.
Yvonne pursed her pale lips. "I’ll admit that I'm a little tempted, but I still can't say yes."
"Why?" Sam didn't understand.
Were his promises not enough for her?
Yvonne probably noticed what Sam was thinking, so she smiled bitterly and said, "A kind grandmother, loving parents, and a gentle brother. They're all great, but they don't belong to me, they belong to Shannon. Even though she has passed away, it’s like I'm taking her place and taking away everything that should've been hers."
"Do you really think so?" Sam smiled, "If you deliberately want to take those things away, and if you actually manage to take them all away, then you are intentionally taking her place. But we are giving you all of that voluntarily, so you're not trying to take her place. We're the ones who want to bring you into our world, understand?"
Yvonne didn't expect him to say that, but the wall of defense that she had built back up in her heart cracked again.
She gritted her teeth. "The reason why you all wanted me to be Shan in the first place was because of my face. But now that my face is ruined, I can't really
console Grandma and your parents anymore, so...
"Let’s not talk about Grandma now, but my mom first. She knew that your face was hurt because I told her about it. She felt very sorry for you because you and Shan look alike and now that Shan's gone, she doesn’t want to see another girl who resembles Shan gone too. You're worrying for no reason." Sam refuted Yvonne's words again.
Yvonne was still fighting for herself as she tried to refuse Sam’s offer for the last time. "But I have a kidney disease. Even if I become Shannon, I won't live for long, do you understand?"
"I sent your medical information to my father. My father has found a suitable kidney source for you. I wanted to tell you some time later to surprise you, but since you’ve mentioned it, then I won’t hide it from you." Sam smiled.
"You...you..." Yvonne was completely speechless.
For every excuse she could think of, he already had a reason to turn it down.
How could she refuse?
And what surprised her was that they had already found a kidney source for her. She could not fathom how they would do all of that for her!
Yvonne felt a lump in her throat and she started choking up so much that when she opened her mouth, her voice became even hoarser. "You don't need to do all that. I'm just a nobody to you. You didn't have to...'
"Because you're the second Shan God gave us," Sam said.
His words completely tore down the wall in Yvonne's heart, and she started to cry.
Sam stepped forward with a smile and gently hugged her in his arms. "Now, you should call me brother instead."
Yvonne was a little shy. She was sobbing and choking, so she didn't say anything.
Sam didn’t rush her either because he knew she needed time and he would gladly wait.
"It just so happens that your identity was annulled so I've asked my parents to arrange a new identity for you so that you can go abroad tomorrow. Starting today, Yvonne, you’re no longer Yvonne Frey, but Shannon Smith. Do you understand?" Sam asked her seriously.
Yvonne nodded quietly.
Sam nodded with satisfaction. "From now on, I’ll call you Shan. I’m going to call our parents now to arrange your identity."
"...Okay," Yvonne responded in a low voice.
Sam let go of her and went to the balcony with his phone.
As Yvonne sat on the hospital bed, she was still in a daze.
Things changed so quickly, and in just ten minutes, her identity had completely changed. She was no longer Yvonne-she was Shannon.
And from that moment on, Yvonne's identity had officially vanished from the world, and it was replaced by Shannon.
As she thought about it, Sam returned from the balcony with his mobile phone and said, "Shan, it's for you."
"Huh?" It took a while for Yvonne to realize that she was Shan.
She was not used to being called that.
"Pick it up, Mom wants to talk to you." Sam put the phone in her hand.
Yvonne immediately became nervous as if the phone i n her hand was like a time bomb, and she almost felt like throwing it away. "Talk...to me?"
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