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instructions”.
    She hung her head in embarrassment. She supposed the Doctor believed that she was not paying keen attention to her brother’s food intake.
    “I’m sorry Dr. Walsh ”, she said apologetically, “I promise I’ll keep a closer eye on him”.
    She wondered if such a thing was possible as it seemed that Joshua had no intention of fighting his illness. Since his diagnosis she had ensured that there was no food in the house that he was not supposed to eat, informed his teachers and sitters of his dietary constraints, yet, he somehow managed to eat whatever he wanted.
    "We’ll have to keep him here until his condition is stabilized”, Doctor Walsh said, “and to be honest his prospects are not loo king so wonderful at the moment”.
    “What do you mean?” she asked in a trembling voice; fear knotting her gut.
    “ I suggest you start working on that transplant”, he said, “the disease is getting worst and it’s only a matter of time before his Kidneys fail completely”.
    A strangled cry broke from her l ips. “No, no. Not J. He’s just ten years old”, she choked.
    She had known from the beginning that such a fate was possible but somehow hearing it from the Doctor made it seem all the more real.
    “There’s no need for you to panic”, he said without much conviction, “you can work through the particulars with the Hospital’s administration. It’s best to start before his condition worsens as organs are not that easy to come by.”
    She knew what the ‘particulars’ were; had known since the day Joshua was diagnosed and so did Dr. Walsh as he had been one of the Doctors assigned to Joshua from that first day. Where was she supposed to get that amount of money from?
    There was a knock at the door and D octor Walsh bade whomever enter. She barely heard as the Nurse told him that he was needed in the Emergency Room and he ushered her back to the lobby. She was numb to her very soul as she retraced her steps to Joshua’s bedside; not wanting him to wake and see her crying; she kissed him on the cheek and left. She was halfway home when her eyes became so blurred by tears that she had to pull over on the side of the road.
    Desolate and inconsolable, she leaned her forehead on the edge of the steering wheel and let it all out; gut wrenching sobs tearing from her throat. What did a ten year old, innocent boy like Joshua ever do to deserve such a horrible fate and she couldn’t even help him; she cried harder at the thought.
    Eventually she composed herself enough to drive home without killing anyone or herself in the process. She was fishing for her keys in her purse when her eyes caught sight of something; the card that Sebastian Bradley had given to her.
    She had not given the encounter much thought because of all that had happened with Joshua. The incident was quite bizarre. Now that she thought about it, why would a guy like Sebastian Bradley need to hire a girlfriend? More importantly, how on earth had he found her? Now that she thought about it, there must be dozens of people in New York with her name. Was faith offering her some sort of salvation by leading him to her? She mulled over the facts as she prepared a pot of tea to boil and went to shower.
    Perh aps he was lying, she concluded. Besides, where could anyone get that sort of money he had mentioned. She substituted her languorous soak for a quick shower as a thought occurred to her. She rushed to her room; hauled a night shirt over her head and turned on her laptop and Googled his name. If he was all Maya had claimed; there must be an article about him as well as photos.
    To her astonishment, a horde of articles and pictures emerged with details about Sebastian and his family. Apparently, he was the only child of the Real Estate tycoon William Bradley and his mother Julia Bradley had died of a Brain Tumor when he was two years old. He had expanded his father’s business into Construction some years ago and according to the