Maddest Temptation: A Dark Mafia Romance by Fernanda Graziano

Author:Fernanda Graziano [Graziano, Fernanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: selfpublishing.com
Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

17

FRANCESCA

When I looked to the side, Mamma had finally closed her eyes, her book lay resting on her lap. I took it and placed it on the table beside her bed. It was eight o’clock and I was tired. I picked up my things and gave one last look at the tulips I’d bought today. They were in full bloom now.

I left the room and almost bumped into Dr. Conrad. “Francesca, everything all right?”

I smiled, “Mamma was great today.”

“As I told you, we take one⁠—"

“Day at a time,” I supplied.

“Why don’t you come and have a coffee with me downstairs. There is something I would like to discuss with you.”

Since I had nothing better to do on a Friday night, I followed Dr. Conrad into the cafeteria.

We sat at one of the round tables and he bought me a large cup of coffee, somehow, he figured I needed it. He waited until I practically drained the whole thing before he started.

“Have you ever thought about being a candidate for a liver transplant?”

“Can I?” I asked in surprise.

My mother was on the UNOS transplant list, but because of her stage and her complications, it wasn’t looking so good for her.

“Of course, you can, we would have to run some tests to see if you’re healthy, but judging from your age, I don’t see why you wouldn’t be.”

I stilled.

“You would have to undergo a series of tests and a diet, we have to make sure you haven’t been ingesting too much alcohol and of course, no drugs, but those are things we can check off.”

He went on explaining a series of exams I should do in order to be a viable donor to my mother, but I stopped when he mentioned the drugs. I didn’t stop him. I didn’t have the heart to do so. The first person who had a good impression of me was going to be truly disappointed, but then I was good at that. Maybe that was why my mother never felt the need to care for me. She knew I wasn’t worth it.

“—your father did them and he was out of here in no time.”

“Wait… hold on. What did you just say?” I interrupted him.

“I’m sorry, Francesca, I shouldn’t have said that. It was a mistake.”

Dr. Conrad was about to stand up when I grabbed his hand. It was the first time I ever did something like this out of pure despair.

“What did you say? My father underwent the exams?”

“Yes.” He answered gingerly.

“Were they negative?”

“I can’t disclose that.”

“Please, Doctor. I just need to know.” I pleaded.

He sighed. But I knew the answer. If the doctor was here talking to me and suggesting the transplant, was it because my father was negative? Which was good, right? It meant he couldn’t be a donor, and for some reason, I wouldn’t want his organ inside my mother. He was rotten inside, and I didn’t want a part of him in her.

“I’m sorry, Francesca. He was a match.” Dr. Conrad confessed.

“It’s fine…”

Wait.

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