Chapter 2323

Doris reached into her pocket, retrieved a pack of ladies' cigarettes, took one out, and put it in her mouth. Then, she reached for the lighter again, but she had a hard time lighting the cigarette as her hands were trembling. After several attempts, she managed to light the lighter, and the cigarette was finally lit. 6

Her face was extremely pale under the reflection of the fire.

When the cigarette was ignited. Doris gently bit the cigarette with her pinkish lips and took in a deep breath. Right then, it was so quiet that she could hear the unique sound of the burnt tobacco. 3

Doris rarely smoked, and she did not like to smoke either, but due to her diligence at work, she was often overly tired as well as upset. Therefore, she would occasionally smoke a cigarette to bring her some relief.

As the smoke puffed out from her delicate nose, feeling the stimulation produced by the nicotine in her brain, Doris couldn't help shedding two lines of hot tears down her cheeks.

Her mother's words kept resounding repeatedly in her mind. The window pericd left for her father to have an organ transplant was only twenty days.

If they couldn't find a suitable kidney source within this given period of time, his body functions would enter the terminal declination stage. At that moment, he would be so weak that he would not be able to withstand the drugs for surgical anesthesia, let alone undergo major surgery for organ transplantation. 2

This condition was very much like the elderly patients with advanced cancer. A simple statement could sum up the condition-their body was frail, and their condition was very critical. 2

Surgery? They couldn't hold up with their current condition.

Chemotherapy? Their body couldn't hold up the intense effect of the drug either. 1

Eventually - -there was no othe choice butto adopt palliative care. To put ibluntly, it was to give up

treatment and turn to pain-relief

drugs: to help patients relieve-their pain in the last stage o f their life. 3

Doris’ father was only in his fifties. ~ She could not accept her father dying at such a young age, yet.the chantes of saving his life were so slim that she was desperate.

The cigarette in her hand burned out, and she unconsciously lit another one.

Edmund's voice flashed across her mind.

At the same time, the multiple-choice question popped up in her mind too. 3

There were two options in this multiple-choice question.

Option A: Agree to Edmund's . proposahin exchange for her father's chance of survival. Content.bélongs te .

Option B: Reject Edmund and watch her father die.