Herbert, who had just arrived with breakfast, overheard Jessica's words, and his heart ached for her. He wondered if Timothy had ever given her a proper New Year's celebration. If he had, she probably wouldn't be looking forward to it with such longing.

"This year, our family is going to have a huge New Year's feast," he said, knocking gently before entering the room. “Because this year, we have you."

The meal Herbert brought was a carefully balanced nutritional dish, one he personally prepared for Jessica in the facility's kitchen every day. She had heard the nurses talking about it. Throughout her stay, Herbert was undoubtedly the one working the hardest.

She had made up her mind. She and Timothy were truly over. If she could get better, she would...

“Jess, time to eat," Herbert's voice broke through her thoughts.

Vince helped raise the head of her bed and began to feed her himself.

After she finished eating, she asked Herbert, "I feel like I've been dreaming a lot lately. They're exhausting, but when I wake up, I can't remember any of them. Do you know what's going on?"

"It's normal to dream more when your body is weak. It's nothing to worry about," he reassured her.

Herbert had already told Vince about her sleep-talking; it seemed to be related to her memories from before she was with the Zimmerman family. It might be a sign of her memory returning, but with her being so ill, Vince had decided against addressing it for now. The memories she'd lost were likely painful, or she wouldn't have forgotten them in the first place. They couldn't risk her reliving something traumatic at a time like this.

Jessica trusted Herbert, so she accepted his explanation without question.

"Herbert, my brother told me they found a donor. Do you know who it is?"

"Well..." Herbert hesitated, unsure how to respond.

Vince cut in smoothly. "They can't tell us that. Organ donations are kept anonymous to prevent any potential complications. We don't know who it is either It was a doctor Herbert knows who found the match after searching everywhere.

Vince couldn't afford any mistakes. He was terrified that if Jessica found out the truth, she might refuse the transplant out of a refusal to be indebted to Timothy.

"That's a shame," she said. "Someone is willing to give me a part of their liver. I wanted to thank them properly, to repay them somehow."

"That's precisely why they made the process confidential," Herbert explained. "Too many people felt that way, and it led to donors making more and more demands."

Jessica understood and didn't press the issue any further.

After breakfast, she wanted to get up and walk around. Vince helped her out of bed and said to Herbert, "You go handle your work. I can stay with Her" He shot fierbert as her.”

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Herbert understood. He needed to make sure Jessica didn't run into Sheila.

Sheila was currently undergoing tests. If all her vitals were normal, the surgery could be scheduled for the next day.

As Jessica and Vince walked in the small garden downstairs, she found herself wanting to ask about Henry several times but felt hesitant. The surgery was imminent, and she knew it came with risks. In a

moment like this, her thoughts

naturally drifted to her son.

"Vince," she began, “have you had any contact with the Lawsons recently?"

Vince wasn't sure what she was getting at, but he answered, "Yes, some. Sallie called me a few times."

"Has Henry had his surgery?"

When Henry had needed a stem cell transplant, she, as his mother and closest relative, should have been the first to be tested as a match.