His friend, Mavy Blatt, scoffed. “Still looking? Didn’t you already give Sue’s heart to Ava back then?
“Damn, you’re heartless. That heart was supposed to save Sue’s mom, but you gave it to Ava instead. Sue’s mom died because of that, and now Sue has to live her whole life with an artificial heart!
“Aren’t you afraid she’ll find out one day?”
Irwin’s face darkened, his voice laced with a chilling edge.
“Ava is the one I love. No matter how many times I could do it, I’d still make the same choice. As for Sue… I’ll spend my whole life making it up to her.
“She can never know about this.”
His words hit Sue Goodmark like a sledgehammer. Her already fragile walls crumbled completely.
Her hands trembled. She couldn’t even hold onto the pastry she had brought.
It slipped from her grasp with a clutter, and the sound echoed in the quiet hallway.
When footsteps approached quickly, panic surged in Sue’s chest. She turned and fled to her room.
“Sue!”
Irwin chased after her, bursting into the bedroom. Seeing her curled up on the floor, face twisted in pain, he panicked. He scooped her up and laid her on the bed.
“Is it your chest again? Hold on, I’ll get your meds!”