Chapter 7 - The Betrayal Worth More Than MoneyThe transplant was scheduled.
Renee's condition worsened.
Then the hospital called.
Her donor had disappeared.
Someone had canceled the procedure.
Daniel immediately suspected Ethan.
But the truth was worse.
The donor was Marcus.
Renee's former boyfriend.
He had been compatible.
He had agreed to donate.
Then he vanished.
Daniel found him.
Marcus was hiding in a hotel.
“Why did you leave?”
“I was threatened.”
“By whom?”
“Ethan.”
Marcus broke down.
“He told me if I donated, they'd destroy me.”
Daniel stared.
“Did you know about the trust?”
Marcus nodded.
“He showed me documents.”
“What documents?”
“Your name.”
Daniel froze.
Ethan had known about the Guardian.
He had known Arthur trusted Daniel.
And he had been trying to prevent Daniel from discovering the truth.
Marcus handed him a flash drive.
“There's more.”
Inside was a recording.
Ethan speaking to Arthur's former attorney.
The attorney had been bribed.
The trust had been hidden.
The medical supply fraud had been covered up.
And Sarah had been targeted because she knew too much.
Daniel's hands shook.
“Why did you give this to me?”
Marcus looked at him.
“Because I couldn't live with myself.”
He had left Renee because he was afraid.
Daniel understood.
Fear didn't make him evil.
But what someone did after fear mattered.
Marcus agreed to testify.
The evidence was enough.
Federal agents arrested Ethan.
The board members who had participated in the conspiracy followed.
Sterling Global survived.
But Renee still needed her transplant.
Marcus donated.
The surgery lasted eight hours.
Daniel waited outside.
Finally, Dr. Vance emerged.
“She made it.”
Daniel closed his eyes.
“Thank God.”
“She'll need months.”
“But she's alive.”
“Yes.”
Daniel smiled.
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For once, the hospital hallway didn't feel like a place of death.
It felt like a place where life had been given another chance.
