Romance

Half My Life For Hers

by Five 67

As Nicole Thatcher gave her speech at the kidney disease charity gala, I was backstage on my knees, sorting cables.She stood at the podium and said, "As a former kidney disease patient, I'm grateful every single day to the donor who gave me half their life."When she stepped offstage, she looked down and saw me. Without a second of hesitation, she unscrewed a water bottle and poured it over my head."You treated me like dead weight and divorced me. Now you're here, volunteering like you actually care?"I wiped my face and looked up at her with a quiet laugh."Perfect timing. You're all better now, so how about we get remarried?"Her hand stiffened around the empty bottle, then shook. She spat, "Shameless!" before storming off.Nicole would never know that the donor she had just praised on that stage, the one who gave her half of his life, was me.

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