Despite that, Gwen did not know who the organ donor was. She tried asking the doctor, but the doctor
told her the same answer every time; the information of the donor was confidential and he was not
allowed to tell.
The way Gwen understood it was that it was a rule set by the organ donation association. Thus, she
did not ask further and thought it was a kind anonymous person who donated the organs.
Never did Gwen imagine…that the person who donated the organs was not a terminally ill patient. It
was Luke, a healthy man without any sickness. He wanted her to live so badly that he was willing to
give up his life.
Her fingers clenched around the phone in a vice–like grip as tears sprung into her eyes once more.
Neil was the one who left the tapping device that was linked to her phone when he left.
When Joshua requested Mrs. Flores to bring Nigel, Neil, and Nellie out, Neil was video–calling Gwen in
fear that she felt lonely being all by herself in the hospital. Mrs. Flores went upstairs to tell the three
children that Joshua and Jim were downstairs and that they had some ‘adult matters‘ to discuss with
Luna and Bonnie. Gwen heard that too.
She even laughed during the video call.
“What sort of adult matter that you three aren‘t allowed to hear?”
Neil pursed his lips. “I‘m not an adult, so how would I know? Still…” The boy rolled his eyes.
“Aunt Gwen, you‘re an adult. I can‘t listen, but you can. Why don‘t I put a tapping device for you? Then
you can tell me what the adults are talking about.”
Gwen, despite finding Neil‘s intelligence amusing, rejected Neil‘s suggestion.
“If they wanted to let me know, they would‘ve asked me to join the discussion. Since they didn‘t invite
me, it means they don‘t want me to know. I‘m not going to eavesdrop.”
Neil pursed his lips.
“Then no one is going to talk to you once I go out to play. Why don‘t we do it this way? I‘ll just put the
tapping device in the corner. If you want to listen to it, you can. If you don‘t, you can just sleep. Deal?”
Gwen turned down Neil‘s offer, but Neil was adamant as he sent her the link to connect to the tapping
device.
At first, Gwen did not want to listen in, but mankind had always been curious beings. Furthermore, she
was bored out of her mind in her ward, so she linked up her phone to the tapping device. Guilt
consumed her heart when she listened to their discussion.
The last thing she ever expected to hear was that Luke had died.It was wrong to eavesdrop, Gwen
knew this, but she felt fortunate that she was a person who liked to gossip. That was how she was able
to hear all that information. Otherwise, Luna, Joshua, the rest might have kept the truth from her
forever.
Her tears continued to fall like running tap water when she remembered Luke was the one who
requested to keep it from her.
Luke… She wondered how important she, a common girl, was to him. How could she possibly be so
important that he would give up everything, including his life, to save him? Gwen did not dare to think
further. The more she did, the more her heart would ache like it was squeezed by an invisible hand.
Lying down on the bed, she failed to suppress the tears that spilled every time she thought of Luke.
That evening, Luna and Bonnie returned from paying their last respects to Luke before going to visit
her.
Luna tried to steel herself from showing unwanted emotions, but…
“What happened?” Luna gasped, startled to see Gwen‘s swollen eyes when she entered the ward.
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