Marianne incited a stir. "You can't delay the treatment. The sooner the transplant is done, the higher the chances of success. If you wait too long, it may become too late," she insisted.
Ryan was beside himself with worry. “Mom, please go find Uncle Perry. Grandma and Grandpa must be hiding him somewhere.”
Laverne, red-faced with anger, pointed at Marianne and said, “She hasn’t even gotten tested as a donor yet. If she’s a match, we’ll use her kidney.”
“My blood type doesn’t match, okay? The doctor said it had to be the same blood type. Ryan is Type A, and I’m Type B, which is incompatible,” Marianne enunciated each word with clarity and force.
Quentin nodded in agreement. “The doctor did say that. It must be the same blood type. Our tests failed because we didn’t match either. Marianne isn’t suitable, so stop beating around the bush and hurry to your parents' place to find Perry.”
Quentin had a new plan since the encounter at the film studio with Avery. He returned to Starfall City the day before and arranged a dinner with a bank manager, confiding that his daughter was secretly seeing Avery, the scion of the Hawthorne family. Quentin shared how he had gone to his daughter in hopes of saving his son, only to be scolded by Avery, which left him feeling deeply ashamed.
The story was over the internet, and the bank manager had heard about it.
Quentin then pulled out a photo of Marianne and Aurelia from Facebook and, with his smooth-talking skills, convinced the bank manager to loan out thirty million in funds, easing his company’s immediate financial crisis.
He had tasted success. If his daughter married into the Hawthorne family, he would latch onto a mighty tree, securing him a powerful patron. He could then relax at the helm of Serenity Media Solutions, and becoming the wealthiest man in Starfall City seemed just within reach.
Laverne was in a tough spot.
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