A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love

The doctor told him the same thing that Renee did. The best way to get through this was a transplant surgery before his condition worsened. If they took a safer approach and his condition worsened to the point when the transplant was the only option, he might not be able to handle it.

However, the question was, who could donate some of their bone marrow to Renfrew?

There was no matching marrow in storage. Hesper and Rickard, who had a higher chance of being matched, weren't able to provide it.

"Julie and Sophia." Matthew looked at Renee, who nodded. "I'll grab them."

***

When Hesper woke up again, Matthew and Renee were by her side. She didn't immediately open her eyes but instead listened to their conversation.

"Julie and Sophia aren't matches either, and Ms. Rivera has no relatives... What's left is to find a stranger who is a match." Renee sighed. "I don't know how we should tell her."

"There's no need to lie to me." Hesper stopped pretending to be asleep. She opened her eyes. "I'm not that naive, am I?"

"Hesper..." Matthew walked over and helped her sit up. "Renfrew's condition is stable. The doctor said that he could recover. I'll do my best to find a match for Renfrew with Lane Holdings' resources. I won't give up."

Hesper broke down a few times since finding out about Renfrew's condition, but she knew she couldn't give up. Before Renfrew found a marrow donor, she wouldn't let herself be a burden.

"By the way, Professor Miles called me to say that Rickard is awake. The antidote was real."

Hesper nodded. This was the only good news in the past two days.

"I've told Rickard about Renfrew's condition. The Duvals are also trying to find a match too, so I'm sure we'll have an update soon." Matthew consoled her. "Renfrew is a lucky kid. I'm sure he'll be fine." Even though those were just words of consolation, Hesper nodded.

She hoped they could find a suitable marrow soon; that was her only wish.

She listened to reports from Renee while she ate. That was when she found out that during the two days when she was unconscious, a lot happened in Genecity and Emperion.

The first was the disappearance of the Tucker family. After that night, the entire family disappeared, and no one could get in touch with them. All their assets changed hands overnight as if the family never existed in the city.

Next was the Wilsons. Carter and Juniper disappeared. The head of the Wilson family was so enraged that he made his illegitimate son his official heir. However, Hesper guessed Carter didn't care about his family. All he did before was follow Nathaniel's lead and do as he was told.

When Juniper was brought up, Hepser picked up her phone. Ariana had sent her a lot of messages asking for the whereabouts of her daughter.

Hesper had only focused on saving Renfrew and neglected Juniper, who was also in Carter's hands. They had taken Juniper with them. They were very blatant back then so they might no longer be in Halwanest.

When Renfrew woke up, he told Hesper everything. Juniper was the one who kidnapped him but ended up putting herself in danger. They both fell into Daybreak's hands, and she faced karma.